BREAKING: Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling the court, "I knew what I was doing."

Judge Margaret Garnett accepted his plea after asking whether he understands that he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison. Mangione answered, "Yes."

Attention now turns to his state murder trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 8, where his defense could attempt to raise a new double jeopardy claim following the federal plea.

BREAKING: Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling the court, "I knew what I was doing."

Judge Margaret Garnett accepted his plea after asking whether he understands that he could face a maximum sentence of life in prison. Mangione answered, "Yes."

Attention now turns to his state murder trial, scheduled to begin Sept. 8, where his defense could attempt to raise a new double jeopardy claim following the federal plea.

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