CNN: AG Pam Bondi Seeks Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione

BROWN Breaking news Attorney ░░░░░░░░ Pam Bondi has just ░░░░░░░░ she wants federal prosecutors ░░░░░░░░ seek the death penalty ░░░░░░░░ Luigi Mangione He s ░░░░░░░░ man accused of murdering ░░░░░░░░ CEO Brian Thompson last ░░░░░░░░ outside a Manhattan hotel ░░░░░░░░ s Kara Scannell has ░░░░░░░░ following this case from ░░░░░░░░ very beginning What more ░░░░░░░░ you learning Kara SCANNELL ░░░░░░░░ this coming in a ░░░░░░░░ statement from the Attorney ░░░░░░░░ Pam Bondi She said ░░░░░░░░ is going to direct ░░░░░░░░ prosecutors for the Southern ░░░░░░░░ of New York the ░░░░░░░░ S Attorney s Office ░░░░░░░░ in New York which ░░░░░░░░ prosecuting the case and ░░░░░░░░ them to seek the ░░░░░░░░ penalty on the one ░░░░░░░░ charge that Mangione is ░░░░░░░░ in federal court that ░░░░░░░░ death penalty eligible that ░░░░░░░░ murder with a firearm ░░░░░░░░ said she came to ░░░░░░░░ conclusion after careful consideration ░░░░░░░░ that it was a ░░░░░░░░ cold blooded assassination that ░░░░░░░░ America So she is ░░░░░░░░ instructing the prosecutors in ░░░░░░░░ York to seek the ░░░░░░░░ penalty in that case ░░░░░░░░ Mangione is facing both ░░░░░░░░ charges and also these ░░░░░░░░ charges He was charged ░░░░░░░░ a criminal complaint in ░░░░░░░░ federal charges We re ░░░░░░░░ waiting for an indictment ░░░░░░░░ that case And what ░░░░░░░░ lawyer had previously said ░░░░░░░░ a court hearing was ░░░░░░░░ she was in discussions ░░░░░░░░ federal prosecutors around this ░░░░░░░░ of whether they would ░░░░░░░░ the death penalty which ░░░░░░░░ to contribute to this ░░░░░░░░ So now we do ░░░░░░░░ an answer of what ░░░░░░░░ prosecutors will do They ░░░░░░░░ that they will now ░░░░░░░░ the death penalty in ░░░░░░░░ case This is a ░░░░░░░░ shift from the Biden ░░░░░░░░ which had not sought ░░░░░░░░ death penalty in many ░░░░░░░░ at all The Trump ░░░░░░░░ making it clear that ░░░░░░░░ will seek the death ░░░░░░░░ in certain cases And ░░░░░░░░ this one the attorney ░░░░░░░░ pointing to the fact ░░░░░░░░ this was a cold ░░░░░░░░ premeditated murder Now Mangione ░░░░░░░░ pleaded not guilty to ░░░░░░░░ state charges We have ░░░░░░░░ out to his camp ░░░░░░░░ comment We have not ░░░░░░░░ any yet But we ░░░░░░░░ update you when we ░░░░░░░░ Pam BROWN And the ░░░░░░░░ death penalty in the ░░░░░░░░ S is pretty rare ░░░░░░░░ Kara SCANNELL It is ░░░░░░░░ Pam I mean the ░░░░░░░░ Administration has said that ░░░░░░░░ would seek the death ░░░░░░░░ in certain cases So ░░░░░░░░ this case they re ░░░░░░░░ making a very clear ░░░░░░░░ in the beginning days ░░░░░░░░ this administration that it ░░░░░░░░ one that they will ░░░░░░░░ The big question will ░░░░░░░░ jury deliver a verdict ░░░░░░░░ death We have seen ░░░░░░░░ was a case in ░░░░░░░░ York in the same ░░░░░░░░ where a man accused ░░░░░░░░ running down pedestrians on ░░░░░░░░ in a U Haul ░░░░░░░░ He was convicted That ░░░░░░░░ went to the death ░░░░░░░░ The jury didn t ░░░░░░░░ him to death Pam ░░░░░░░░ All right Kara Scannell ░░░░░░░░ you so much We ░░░░░░░░ be right back.”