Will Trump’s DOJ Cooperate with Alvin Bragg in the Luigi Mangione Case?

Last week, in posting on the filing of both federal and state murder charges against Luigi Mangione in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, I closed by raising a question: How much cooperation will there be on the case between the incoming Trump Justice Department and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg?

The DA is a progressive Democrat who is up for reelection next year in a county that (a) elected him because of his propensity to sue Trump while at the state attorney general’s office and (b) preferred Kamala Harris to Trump by a whopping 63 percent in the 2024 election. And, of course, Bragg not only spent much the last year prosecuting Trump; he has persisted (along with Judge Juan Merchan) in declining to dismiss the criminal case against the now-president-elect, preferring to hold in suspended animation (for four years!) the pending proceedings — meaning: Trump’s sentencing on 34 felony business-records counts, the entry of the formal judgment of conviction, and the ultimate appeal.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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Last week, in posting on the filing of both federal and state murder charges against Luigi Mangione in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, I closed by raising a question: How much cooperation will there be on the case between the incoming Trump Justice Department and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg?

The DA is a progressive Democrat who is up for reelection next year in a county that (a) elected him because of his propensity to sue Trump while at the state attorney general’s office and (b) preferred Kamala Harris to Trump by a whopping 63 percent in the 2024 election. And, of course, Bragg not only spent much the last year prosecuting Trump; he has persisted (along with Judge Juan Merchan) in declining to dismiss the criminal case against the now-president-elect, preferring to hold in suspended animation (for four years!) the pending proceedings — meaning: Trump’s sentencing on 34 felony business-records counts, the entry of the formal judgment of conviction, and the ultimate appeal.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.