Posted on 08/06/2026 7:19:48 AM PDT by DFG
Luigi Mangione's push to livestream his murder trial isn't about transparency, it's a stunt designed to pressure jurors, a former federal prosecutor is arguing.
Lawyers for the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin argued in a Friday filing that the media access rules for his state trial are unconstitutional, and said the proceedings should be livestreamed.
Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione's attorney, said that her team wasn't consulted on media access for the upcoming September trial, and only became aware of a document titled "Media Access: PSNY v. Mangione" from an independent journalist on X.
Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Fox News Digital he believes Mangione's attorneys want all trial proceedings to be livestreamed to pressure jurors, noting it's unusual for defendants to want more publicity.
"The conventional wisdom is that the defense usually doesn't want high-profile cases broadcast. It can put implicit pressure on jurors to return a guilty verdict," Rahmani said. "Mangione is probably the most popular accused murderer that I've ever covered in the past 25 years. Has a fan base. There's upwards of 10 to 20 percent of the people who have been surveyed who believe that even if he did it, it was justified. And I think the defense knows this, and they know that more attention creates the possibility of jury nullification, or maybe even an acquittal."
Rahmani said the defense is counting on influencers to do what a courtroom sketch never could: keep the case viral.
"Obviously, those handwritten sketches, they're not as interesting as clips that you can post on TikTok or Instagram Reels. The defense knows this, and they want to take advantage of that influencer content and those viral videos," Rahmani said.
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Hang him. If he walks murder will become legal.
This should be easy. The jury needs to decide if it’s okay to murder people you disagree with. A lot of people may not be a fan of mayor Mamdani, obama, Soros (Alex and George), Hasan Piker, etc. It’s certainly not okay to murder them or anyone.
The Luigi-love started when some soulless loser trashy white liberal women saw photos of him online with his shirt off saying he was sort of “dreamy.” Then, of course, other liberal hacks got on board too.
If they put the executives within to live on trial it would break the system.
The trial is about the murderer killing someone. This question of a Livestream shouldn’t even occupy a sheet of paper.
But then again I recall what the judge did in the Trayvon Martin case - introducing a completely new charge just before the jury deliberated. Completely illegal and doesn’t even fit into the justice system.
We live in a broken country and there are no fixes outside of a total collapse and rebuild. Borders, flag, and a total removal of all politicians (including those we like). A devastating world war, solar flare or other complete collapse will fit the bill.
I think they should sneak up behind him, and shoot him in the back of the head, as he walks to the court room.
He shot that guy IN THE BACK as he was walking away from him.
He deserves no mercy from any court.
I notice his attorney is a Karen.
Wait, Luigi has been executed yet?
Why is this guy still alive?
You mean Luigi isn’t the Democratic nominee yet?
Dude, you shot a man in the back and killed him! It’s on tape for god’s sake! Shut up, sit down and take what you have coming.
This guy should be able to murder someone just because he’s super wealthy?
No. You will need to try the defendant in public. If there is a problem juror safety, deal with that in a way that does not involve secret jurors and secret trials.
Its rope and a tree time.
Mangione shot a man in the back. He’s not only guilty, he is a coward.
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