Mangione’s lawyers reverse course, drop psychiatric defense in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case ^33.8%

One America News Network - By OAN Staff Lillian Mann - 6/18/2026, 6:01 PM

Negativity Bias 32.4% - Framing Effect 19.1% - Appeal to Emotion 18.8%

Just one day after Mangione’s defense team announced plans to pursue a psychiatric defense, his attorneys abruptly withdrew the strategy that had been expected to become a central component of the 28-year-old's upcoming murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to court filings. In documents released... more