Luigi Mangione's Lawyer Told Him in Court: 'Don't Say a Word' After Outburst Outside Building

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo:Jeff Swensen/Getty

Jeff Swensen/Getty

Mangione is charged with murder in New York in connection with the Dec. 4 shooting outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan. But since he was arrested in Pennsylvania, where he faces allegations of forgery and possession of a weapon, Mangione must be extradited to New York before he can face charges there, a process he is contesting.

During a hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 10,ABCandCBSreported that when Mangione tried to speak up in court, his attorney, Tom Dickey, told the 26-year-old not to say a word.

Speaking to reporters following the hearing, Dickey was asked about instructing his client not to speak, to which the attorney responded, “I’m the lawyer, I’ll do the talking,”Foxreported.

When Mangione was brought to the courthouse on Tuesday, dressed in an orange jumpsuit, heyelled at assembled reportersbefore being pinned against a wall and then brought inside.

“It’s completely out of touch,” Mangione appeared to shout. “It’s an insult to intelligence of the American people and its lived experience!”

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Mangione will have two weeks to apply for a writ of habeas corpus in order to challenge the extradition. Prosecutors in Manhattan have 30 days to obtain a governor’s warrant from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to formally request extradition.

Thompson, a Minnesota resident, had been in New York for an annual investors' conference.

source: people.com