Luigi Mangione retained outstanding lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to symbolize him on New York fees within the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The agency, Agnifilo Intrater LLC, confirmed Friedman Agnifilo will symbolize him however declined to remark additional.
“She won’t be making any statements at the moment,” the agency mentioned in an announcement.
Friedman Agnifilo was the chief assistant district lawyer within the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office below Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years. She additionally served 4 years because the chief of the workplace’s trial division.
The dayslong manhunt for the shooter ended Monday when Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the place he was discovered consuming at a McDonald’s restaurant and carrying a backpack containing what authorities mentioned was proof linking him to Thompson’s taking pictures.
Mangione, who comes from a outstanding Baltimore household, was charged in New York with one count of murder, three counts of felony possession of a weapon and one depend of possession of a solid instrument.
He was additionally arraigned in Pennsylvania on two felony fees of forgery and carrying a firearm with out a license, in addition to three misdemeanor fees of tampering with data or identification, possessing devices of crime and offering false identification to legislation enforcement.
Mangione stays jailed in his personal cell on the Huntingdon State Correctional Institution and is preventing extradition to New York. A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections mentioned he doesn’t at the moment have entry to a tv, is just not interacting with different inmates, and eats in his cell.
Following the arrest, online fundraisers surfaced in support of Mangione. At least three fundraisers appeared on GoFundMe however have since been eliminated. GoFundMe mentioned it was refunding donors who contributed to the campaigns and mentioned its Terms of Service prohibits fundraisers for the authorized protection of violent crimes.
Another crowdfunding platform, GiveSendGo, has not eliminated a fundraiser for Mangione’s authorized protection. The fundraiser, which raised over $94,000 as of Saturday morning, mentioned it was “not right here to have fun violence, however we do imagine within the constitutional proper of truthful authorized illustration.” The fundraiser’s aim is $200,000.
It’s not clear if any of the donations will assist pay Mangione’s authorized charges. His household couldn’t be reached for touch upon Saturday.
Pennsylvania lawyer Thomas Dickey has mentioned that he had not seen proof linking his consumer to the killing and Mangione would plead not responsible to the fees in each states.
Dickey and Friedman Agnifilo couldn’t instantly be reached for touch upon Saturday.
