Luigi Mangione newest: UnitedHealthcare CEO’s suspected killer faces federal expenses after waiving extradition

Luigi Mangione has arrived in Manhattan after being flown by helicopter from Long Island.

He was flown from Pennsylvania to New York earlier today, after waiving extradition to the Empire State.

Luigi Mangione’s attorney, Karen Agnifilo, said that the decision to add federal charges on top of state-level charges was “highly unusual.”

“The federal government’s reported decision to pile on top of an already overcharged first-degree murder and state terror case is highly unusual and raises serious constitutional and statutory double jeopardy concerns,” Agnifilo said in a statement shared with The Independent.

“We are ready to fight these charges in whatever court they are brought.”

The plane returning Luigi Mangione to New York has landed on Long Island, according to reports and flight trackers.

Mangione is expected to be transferred to a NYPD helicopter, which will take him to Manhattan, CNN reported.

Luigi Mangione will face federal charges over the killing of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson after arriving in New York, sources have told the Associated Press.

The charges include murder through use of a firearm, two stalking charges and a firearms offense, according to CNN.

Mangione has also been hit with charges in New York at a state level, which include murder as an act of terrorism.

Luigi Mangione “seemed calm” and was even “smiling at times” during his court appearances in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning, according to reports.

CNN reporter Danny Freeman, who was present in the courtroom, said the 26-year-old’s behaviour was very different to previous appearances. Mangione has made small outbursts when arriving and inside the court at previous hearings.

“He seemed calm during much of this hearing,” Freeman said, adding that throughout much of the proceedings Mangione had been sitting by himself “just waiting.”

“He was smiling at times… He was chatting at times with some of the sheriff’s deputies as well, but mostly keeping his head down, reading and writing on some of the papers that he had in front of him.

“But again, he word that came to my mind when watching him again, in contrast to that outburst and the first night I saw him in court, was he seemed calm today.”

Luigi Mangione will not face brought against him in Pennsylvania until proceedings in New York have concluded, according to Commonwealth officials.

The 26-year-old did not enter a plea to the firearm and forgery charges he faces in Pennsylvania on Thursday, but waived his extradition to New York and was taken back to be arraigned on murder charges.

Following the hearings, Blair County District Attorney Pete Weeks told reporters that a preliminary hearing would be scheduled, but that Blair County does not expect to transport Mangione back from to New York to Pennsylvania to face his charges there until after he is tried in New York.

“I certainly think as a practical matter, it would have been laughable and a waste of resources and time for us to try to keep this defendant here for our charges and delay New York’s custody of the defendant for the more serious case,” Weeks said.

Luigi Mangione will appear in federal court today, multiple law enforcement officials told CNN.

When he arrives in New York, the 26-year-old is expected be transported to the federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan, rather to the state courthouse where he was originally expected to be taken, the aoutlet reported.