Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione defense team's juror questions are too 'intrusive' in federal case

Prosecutors successful the Luigi Mangione lawsuit are arguing that his defence team's program to excavation into jurors' backstage lives is excessively "intrusive."

In a tribunal filing made connected Monday, national prosecutors responded to projected questions to jurors made by Mangione's defence team, which haven't yet been made public. Deputy U.S. Attorney Sean Buckley wrote that immoderate of the questions are "unnecessarily intrusive." Mangione is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

In his filing, Buckley argued that a question projected by Mangione's squad asking jurors astir immoderate aspects of their idiosyncratic lives goes excessively far.

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Luigi Mangione attends an evidentiary proceeding successful the execution lawsuit of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson astatine the Manhattan Supreme Court successful New York connected Dec. 18, 2025. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

"Disputed Question 14(a)—which asks jurors to list, among different idiosyncratic details, the ages, genders, occupations, and acquisition histories of their children—is unnecessarily intrusive," helium wrote.

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Another question disputed by national prosecutors asks imaginable jurors "how often they be spiritual services."

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Luigi Mangione attends a suppression of grounds proceeding successful the sidesplitting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson successful Manhattan Criminal Court successful New York City connected Dec. 18, 2025. (Shannon Stapleton/Getty Images)

"This question is inappropriate due to the fact that a juror’s spiritual practices person nary bearing connected the juror’s fittingness to serve," Buckley wrote.

One of the different questions opposed by national prosecutors asks if imaginable jurors person been "targeted" oregon "investigated" successful transportation with a transgression matter, which Buckley says "is not appropriate."

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"Where projected questions are duplicative, question highly idiosyncratic accusation unrelated to juror impartiality, oregon hazard embedding advocacy and ineligible statement into the voir dire process itself, this Court should diminution to see them," Buckley wrote.

Mangione faces authorities and national charges successful transportation with his alleged assassination of Thompson. His national proceedings is presently scheduled to statesman successful October.

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Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, is shown successful an undated representation provided by UnitedHealth. He was changeable and killed connected his mode to an capitalist league successful New York City successful what prosecutors described arsenic a politically motivated assassination. (AP Photo/UnitedHealth Group via AP)

In April, a justice overseeing Mangione's authorities tribunal lawsuit moved the proceedings day from June 8 to Sept. 8. If convicted, helium faces beingness successful prison.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Mangione's defence squad for comment.