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Victoria Bekiempis

Judge sets Luigi Mangione state murder trial date for June ahead of federal case

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Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan criminal court for an evidence hearing, on 18 December 2025, in New York. Photograph: Curtis Means/AP

The judge overseeing Luigi Mangione’s New York state murder proceeding slammed his federal colleague for trying to beat him to trial in a criminal case that has left this country rapt.

Mangione is charged with the murder of the United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot dead on a midtown Manhattan street on 4 December 2024; he faces trial in both state and federal court.

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