Luigi Mangione’s defense attorneys have argued intense pretrial publicity, including comments from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, have undermined their client’s rights. But prosecutors say the Manhattan-based Southern District of New York is familiar territory to highly publicized criminal matters, and that the court is well-positioned to deal with it.
Luigi Mangione’s defense attorneys have argued intense pretrial publicity, including comments from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, have undermined their client’s rights. But prosecutors say the Manhattan-based Southern District of New York is familiar territory to highly publicized criminal matters, and that the court is well-positioned to deal with it.
