Mangione lawyers say media limits at murder trial are unconstitutional, fear court will 'hand-pick' press
Lawyers for accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione argued in a new court filing that the media access rules for his upcoming state murder trial violate his constitutional right to a public trial.Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione's attorney, argued in a Friday filing that limiting the trial to 68 journalists is unconstitutional, raising concerns that the court or district attorney could "hand-pick" which reporters are permitted to attend.In the filing, Mangione's attorney raised three objections that they argue amount to a constitutional violation:LUIGI MANGIONE'S FEDERAL TRIAL PUSHED TO NEXT YEAR IN ASSASSINATION OF UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEOLuigi Mangione appears at an evidence suppression hearing at the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York City, U.S., May 18, 2026.(Steven Hirsch/New York Post via Pool)JUDGE REVEALS LUIGI MANGIONE WILL PURSUE PSYCHIATRIC DEFENSE IN UNITEDHEALTHCARE CEO ASSASSINATION CASEAgnifilo claimed that her team wasn't consulted on media access for the upcoming September trial, and only became aware of a document titled "Media Access: PSNY v.
Mangione" from an independent journalist on X.LISTEN TO THE NEW 'CRIME & JUSTICE WITH DONNA ROTUNNO' PODCASTLuigi Mangione appears at a pre-trial hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, NY, Wednesday, June 17, 2026.Mangione is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.
(Pool via Barry Williams for New York Daily News)"These guidelines were created without any consultation with or input from the defense.The guidelines provide that no overflow room will be made available for the duration of the trial, and that only six journalists will be permitted to cover jury selection, in a dramatic break from customary practice," she wrote.FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XAgnifilo called the process "unabashedly arbitrary and insufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Constitution."CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APPLuigi Mangione appears at a pre-trial ...