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Luigi Mangione Judge Rebukes Justice Department Over Comments
Luigi Mangione, center, attends a pretrial hearing at New York State Supreme Court on Sept. 16.
Photographer: Steven Hirsch/New York Post/BloombergThe federal judge presiding over Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case warned Justice Department officials to stop making statements that link him to “left-wing” extremism, saying there could be punishments for future comments.
US District Judge Margaret Garnett issued the directive Wednesday after Mangione’s lawyers complained that top government officials, including President Donald Trump, made comments that violate rules that bar out of court statements that interfere with a fair trial.