Luigi Mangione, the 28-year-old accused of killing a health care executive on a Manhattan street, pleaded guilty to stalking charges in federal court Friday.

Mangione faced those charges in connection with the December 2024 shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

"I knew what I was doing," Mangione said in court Friday. "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died."

Thompson's family was in the courtroom sitting in the front row watching as Mangione entered his plea. Mangione voiced no remorse and repeatedly referenced his concerns with the U.S. health care system.

Wow, I was expecting this to go to trial and be more drawn out.

"No grievance, political belief, or ideological cause can justify murder."

Unless its sanctioned by the state 🙄

“I knew what I was doing,” Mangione said in court Friday. “I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died.”

Yes he deserved to die and hope he burns in hell

We need a revolution. We need to sieze the assets of the politicians and CEOs for restitution to the American people and charge them with crimes against humanity

Mangione still faces murder charges in a state trial set to begin next month, but his guilty plea in federal court is expected to have significant impacts on the state trial. New York state's strict double jeopardy law could potentially upend those proceedings. That law says that a defendant can't be tried twice for the same thing.

That's some 4D chess from the defense there. Plead guilty to a federal stalking charge so New York state can't charge you with second degree murder. We'll see if that works out as planned.

No idea what he's talking about, I was definitely eating a taco with him at the time