A federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday said Trump administration officials “appear to be in direct violation” of her order against making prejudicial comments in the death penalty case of Luigi Mangione, the man accused in last December’s shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
“The statements referenced in the September 23 letter by two high-ranking staff members of the Department of Justice, including within the Office of the Attorney General, appear to be in direct violation,” said Judge Margaret Garnett, the New York Daily News reported.
Her comments came after Mangione’s lawyers flagged remarks by Trump and senior Justice Department officials that they said cast their client as a “left-wing” terrorist.
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