Luigi Mangione, the man charged with murder in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is fighting extradition to New York, setting off a process that could last weeks, The New York Times reported.
Mangione’s lawyer, Thomas Dickey, told the judge in a hearing on Tuesday afternoon that his client “is contesting” the extradition. The suspected assassin was arrested on gun and forgery charges in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday before he was charged with second-degree murder in New York.
Now that Mangione has decided to fight the extradition, he is entitled to an evidentiary hearing, which will require the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office to put up a witness. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will also have to submit a “governor’s warrant” to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, requesting the extradition, according to the Times.
The lawyer told the judge that…
