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By Erin Keller
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Luigi Mangione appeared calm and clean-shaven Thursday at his second court appearance since his arrest for allegedly shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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Mangione, 26, got a haircut Wednesday at the barbershop inside the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Press Secretary Maria A. Bivens confirmed to Newsweek in an email. When asked if Mangione also got his eyebrows waxed, Bivens replied, "Waxing is not available at our barber shops. They may have used the clippers, I don't know."
The Context
Mangione faces federal murder and stalking charges in New York in Thompson's death, per an unsealed indictment Thursday. The Ivy League grad has become an online obsession due to his looks and some people hail him as a hero for seemingly taking on the injustices in the U.S. health care system.
Mangione agreed Thursday to be extradited to New York.
What To Know
Mangione did not acknowledge the press while entering the Pennsylvania courthouse Thursday.
During his first court appearance on December 10, Mangione emerged from a patrol car and was roughly handled by police officers as he yelled something about an "insult to the intelligence of the American people."
On Thursday, Mangione only replied with "yes" or "no" to the judge's questions in court. He briefly made eye contact with media members upon leaving the courthouse but did not say anything.
Mangione then boarded a plane to Long Island, New York, and was taken to Manhattan in a New York Police Department helicopter. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was present to escort Luigi Mangione after his arrival via NYPD helicopter.
A federal indictment against Mangione unsealed Thursday revealed details from a notebook in his possession, expressing hostility toward the health insurance industry and wealthy executives.
"I'm glad — in a way — that I've procrastinated," Mangione wrote, saying it gave him time to learn more about the company he was targeting, whose name was redacted by prosecutors.
"This investor conference is a true windfall ... and — most importantly — the message becomes self-evident," an entry says, according to the complaint.
Mangione was previously charged with murder as an act of terrorism. He was already facing a second-degree murder charge for the fatal shooting of Thompson.
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What People Are Saying
Tom Dickey, Mangione's lawyer in Pennsylvania, told reporters Thursday after he agreed to be moved to New York: "I arranged this proceeding today and we accomplished what we needed to do. We will move forward with a vigorous defense of these charges and my mood hasn't changed."
Manhattan District Attorney's Office in a statement Thursday: "As alleged, this defendant brazenly shot Mr. Thompson point blank on a Manhattan sidewalk. The Manhattan D.A.'s Office, working with our partners at the NYPD, is dedicated to securing justice for this heinous murder with charges of Murder in the first degree."
New York City Police Department Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny on Tuesday about a conversation with Mangione's mother: "They had a conversation where she didn't indicate that it was her son in the photograph, but she said it may be something she can see him doing. That information was going to be passed along to the detectives the next morning, but fortunately, we apprehended him before we could act on that."
What Happens Next
Mangione is expected to appear in federal court in Manhattan around 2 p.m. on Thursday, according to a release from the Southern District of New York.
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