'No celebrity in assassination', prosecutor says to Mangione supporters

Jamie McDonald, the US District Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has also been addressing the fanbase that has grown around Mangione since his arrest in 2024. He says Mangione shot and killed Brian Thompson because of his disagreement with the healthcare business, and that he "attempted to send a public message through violence". "There can be no celebrity in assassination," McDonald says, calling Luigi Mangione's fans "fundamentally wrong" and adding