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NEW YORK CITY - Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has added a prominent defense lawyer to his legal team as Manhattan prosecutors work to return him from Pennsylvania to face a murder charge.
Mangione will be represented by Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who was a high-ranking deputy in the Manhattan district attorney’s office for years before entering private practice.
Friedman Agnifilo's law firm, Agnifilo Intrater LLP, confirmed in a statement late Friday that she had been retained to represent Mangione. The firm said she will not be commenting on the case at this time.
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Who is Karen Friedman Agnifilo?
Friedman Agnifilo was the Chief Assistant District Attorney from 2014 to 2021 and was previously chief of the office's trial division. She has made frequent TV appearances, including as a CNN legal analyst, co-hosts a weekly podcast and is the legal adviser for "Law & Order."
FILE - Assistant District Attorney Karen Agnifilo attends a news conference in Manhattan Supreme Court, in New York, Feb. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Her husband and law partner, Mark Agnifilo, is representing Sean "Diddy" Combs in the hip-hop mogul’s Manhattan federal sex trafficking case.
Mangione may waive extradition to New York
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday that Mangione may waive his extradition and return to New York sooner than expected.
Luigi Mangione may waive extradition, return to NYC
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Friday that Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, may waive his extradition and return to New York sooner than expected. FOX 5's Linda Schmidt has the story.
"We going to continue to press forward on parallel paths, and we'll be ready whether he is going to waive extradition or whether he is going to contest extradition," Bragg said at an unrelated press conference in Times Square.
Hours after Mangione's arrest last week, Bragg's office filed paperwork charging him with five counts, including intentional murder, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument.
FBI sent tip to NYPD on Dec. 5 identifying Mangione as CEO killer: Feds
The FBI says that it contacted the NYPD over a tip that Mangione may have been the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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FBI sent tip to NYPD on Dec. 5 identifying Luigi Mangione as CEO killer: Feds
A San Francisco police officer reportedly contacted the FBI four days before Mangione was arrested, saying he recognized the gunman's face after surveillance photos were released.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, a San Francisco police officer contacted the FBI on December 5, the same day surveillance photos of Mangione were released, saying he recognized Mangione's face after his mother reported him missing to the SFPD in November.
The officer said he thought Mangione might be the murder suspect. However, when police arrested Mangione in Pennsylvania four days later, the NYPD said it did not have his name or know who he was until after his arrest.
Will the McDonald's worker who called 911 on Mangione get a reward?
Hundreds of tips were provided to the New York City Police Department Crime Stoppers tip line during the five-day search for Mangione.
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Will the McDonald's worker who called 911 on Luigi Mangione get a reward?
Roughly $60,000 in rewards from the FBI and NYPD Crime Stoppers was offered for tips in the CEO killing. Will the McDonald’s employee who called 911 on Luigi Mangione get it?
But a 911 call from a McDonald's employee in Altoona, Pennsylvania, last week helped police focus in on the suspect.
The Associated Press reported that up to $60,000 in rewards from the FBI and the Crime Stoppers program had been offered to anyone calling in a tip leading to a break in the case.
But rewards could take more time to be released and could be less than the full amount after taxes and consideration of the role the tips played in the case.