"Deputy Manhattan U.S. Attorney Sean Buckley wrote in a court filing that Mangione's lawyers wrongly claimed in a submission last month that Bondi, a former partner at Ballard Partners, was continuing to receive income through a profit-sharing arrangement with the firm, whose clients include UnitedHealthcare's parent company UnitedHealth Group. Bondi does have a 401(k) account through Ballard "reflecting past, fully earned compensation," but the firm agreed to stop making contributions when she left, Buckley wrote."
""The defendant's narrative collapses under the weight of his own assumptions, because a financial conflict theory requires a demonstrable financial benefit tethered to the litigation," Buckley wrote. "Where no present or future financial gain exists, there is no conflict." Mangione's lawyers argue that Bondi's past lobbying work and her subsequent role leading the charge to turn his federal prosecution into a capital case, have created a "profound conflict of interest" that violated his due process rights. They want prosecutors barred from seeking the death penalty and some charges thrown out. A hearing is scheduled for Friday."
Federal prosecutors accused Luigi Mangione's lawyers of making meritless and misleading claims about Attorney General Pam Bondi's financial ties to Ballard Partners and her role in seeking the death penalty in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Prosecutors said Bondi only has a 401(k) reflecting past, fully earned compensation and that Ballard stopped contributions when she left, so no present or future financial gain exists. The defense contends Bondi's past lobbying and actions to elevate the case to a capital prosecution created a profound conflict of interest and violated due process, seeking to bar the death-penalty pursuit and dismiss certain charges. A hearing is scheduled.
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