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Manhattan prosecutors have put federal authorities and Luigi Mangione's defense team on notice: any guilty plea in the federal case against the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson cannot be allowed to derail New York's own murder prosecution.
The warning, contained in a July 2 letter from Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann and reviewed by Fox News Digital, marks the clearest sign yet that the Manhattan DA's office intends to see this case reach a jury.
The state trial is set to begin September 8. The letter and the position behind it The case for the Manhattan DA's intervention rests on sequencing and priority.
Seidemann wrote that if a proposed federal guilty plea "would operate to defeat a just outcome in the state prosecution," the People could advise the federal district court of that consequence, and the court should weigh it before accepting any deal.
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