Defense says AG Bondi’s Ballard Partners ties taint death‑penalty decision in Luigi Mangione case
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Mangione’s lawyers filed a renewed motion arguing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the federal death penalty was tainted by a “profound conflict” stemming from her prior partnership at Ballard Partners — which represented UnitedHealth Group — and by continued profit‑sharing ties and public statements urging capital punishment, asking U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett to bar the death penalty, dismiss charges and suppress evidence at a Jan. 9 hearing. The conflict claim comes as parallel New York suppression hearings probe the Altoona, Pa., arrest — including a warrantless backpack search, pre‑Miranda questioning and seized items such as a gun, magazine and a notebook — while prosecutors and the DOJ have pushed to keep the death‑penalty option on the table.
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