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Dateline Roundup: Luigi Mangione Federal Trial Update
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Luigi Mangione's federal proceedings took a surreal turn: he arrived 30 minutes late after getting stuck in a courthouse elevator, still shackled as engineers freed him, and then entered through the judge's private entrance. When the hearing finally got underway, the judge announced she was pushing the federal trial from November 2026 to January 25, 2027, citing the impossibility of holding jury selection while Mangione's state trial — scheduled for September — was still in progress. Sources had suggested plea talks were underway, but those talks have since collapsed. A deal is still theoretically possible right up to the trial date.
Luigi Mangione showed up 30 minutes late after getting stuck in a courthouse elevator, then learned his federal trial was pushed from November 2026 to January 2027. Sources had said plea talks were underway — but they fell apart. A deal could still happen right up to trial.
Luigi Mangione's federal trial was pushed back from November 2026 to January 25, 2027 because the judge said a November date would be 'impossible' given his state trial beginning in September.
