Mangione lawyers say media limits at murder trial are unconstitutional, fear court will 'hand-pick' press

Lawyers for accused UnitedHealthcare CEO assassin Luigi Mangione argued successful a caller tribunal filing that the media entree rules for his upcoming authorities execution proceedings interruption his law close to a nationalist trial.

Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Mangione's attorney, argued successful a Friday filing that limiting the proceedings to 68 journalists is unconstitutional, raising concerns that the tribunal oregon territory lawyer could "hand-pick" which reporters are permitted to attend.

In the filing, Mangione's lawyer raised 3 objections that they reason magnitude to a law violation:

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Luigi Mangione appears astatine an grounds suppression proceeding astatine the Manhattan Supreme Court successful New York City, U.S., May 18, 2026. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via Pool)

• That the tribunal is partially closing his proceedings by declining to usage an disposable overflow courtroom.
• That the tribunal and territory lawyer are hand-selecting which reporters tin attend.
• They were fixed nary accidental to beryllium heard earlier those decisions were made.

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Agnifilo claimed that her squad wasn't consulted connected media entree for the upcoming September trial, and lone became alert of a papers titled "Media Access: PSNY v. Mangione" from an autarkic writer connected X.

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Luigi Mangione appears astatine a pre-trial proceeding successful Manhattan Criminal Court successful New York, NY, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Mangione is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson successful December 2024. (Pool via Barry Williams for New York Daily News)

"These guidelines were created without immoderate consultation with oregon input from the defense. The guidelines supply that nary overflow country volition beryllium made disposable for the duration of the trial, and that lone six journalists volition beryllium permitted to screen assemblage selection, successful a melodramatic interruption from customary practice," she wrote.

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Agnifilo called the process "unabashedly arbitrary and insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the Constitution."

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Luigi Mangione appears astatine a pre-trial proceeding successful Manhattan Criminal Court successful New York, NY, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Pool via Barry Williams for New York Daily News)

Mangione's lawyer is requesting a nationalist proceeding connected the substance and wants the tribunal to crook implicit a database of six journalists seemingly picked to screen assemblage selection, the database of 68 journalists granted support to screen the proceedings proceedings, arsenic good arsenic an mentation of the criteria and who made the selection.

Mangione's attorneys are besides seeking details connected what efforts were made to unafraid an overflow courtroom and are requesting that the proceedings beryllium broadcast live, arsenic determination isn't presently an overflow room.

Mangione's national proceedings won't statesman until January.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Agnifilo's bureau for comment.