Luigi Mangione trial update: Pam Bondi seeks death penalty for ‘cold-blooded assassination’ of Brian Thompson

Pam Bondiattorney General

Luigi Mangione's murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,

Bondi said

After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump's agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again,

the attorney general said

Pam Bondiattorney General

The murder was an act of political violence,

Bondi said in a statement