U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Tuesday she has directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January with a vow to resume federal executions. Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing, which rattled the business community while galvanizing health insurance critics. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/nation-world/prosecutors-seek-death-penalty-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-suspect-luigi-mangione/507-f03d8169-4402-4a94-a10d-1646819d41ee