Luigi Mangione federal trial delayed until January 2027

Luigi Mangione’s federal trial is now set to begin Jan. 25, 2027, after U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett moved it out of the way of his separate state murder prosecution in Manhattan. Jury selection is scheduled to start Jan. 5, 2027.

Brian Thompson was shot outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 4, 2024, around 6:40 to 6:45 a.m., and Mangione was arrested five days later in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Investigators recovered a gun, ammunition and a notebook in his backpack, and state-court rulings later allowed the prosecution to use a 3D-printed pistol that matches the murder weapon, along with the notebook that described wanting to “wack” a health insurance executive.

In January 2026, Garnett dismissed the death-eligible federal murder and weapons counts because stalking was not a qualifying crime of violence for capital punishment. The remaining federal stalking charges each carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

On Sept. 16, 2025, Judge Gregory Carro dismissed the terrorism counts but left second-degree murder in place, saying the record was enough to support a finding that Mangione “murdered Brian Thompson in a premeditated and calculated execution.” The ruling spared Mangione the possibility of mandatory life without parole on the terrorism counts, while the main murder charge remained intact. Carro also excluded some backpack items as the product of an improper warrantless search.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty in both cases, his lawyers have argued that the dual prosecutions amount to double jeopardy, and Carro said that argument was premature. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office will proceed on the remaining counts, with the state murder trial scheduled for Sept. 8, 2026 before the federal calendar was reset.