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By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to a person familiar with the matter.<\/p>

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The person, who was not authorized to talk publicly about the case and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, cautioned that Mangione could change his mind. If he follows through, it would be a stunning development in a case that rattled business leaders while galvanizing their critics.<\/p>\n

Mangione\u2019s lawyers, and spokespeople for the Justice Department and Manhattan federal prosecutors declined to comment.<\/p>\n

Mangione is accused of traveling to New York City to ambush Thompson, 50, then shooting him outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4, 2024, as the executive walked to UnitedHealth Group\u2019s annual investor conference.<\/p>\n

Mangione is due in court on Friday for a hastily scheduled hearing in the federal case, which involves two counts of stalking. It wasn\u2019t clear what charge or charges Mangione is expected to plead guilty to. The hearing, in Manhattan federal court, comes as his lawyers have been talking with federal prosecutors about a possible resolution to one of two criminal cases against Mangione in Thompson\u2019s death. Previous talks in June broke down.<\/p>\n

Mangione, 28, has been charged in both federal and state court in New York and still faces the possibility of a trial in his unresolved state case. Mangione\u2019s state murder trial is set to begin Sept. 8. Both sets of charges carried the possibility of a life sentence.<\/p>\n

Mangione has pleaded not guilty and has spoken out publicly against the prospect of two trials, telling a judge in February: \u201cIt\u2019s the same trial twice. One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any commonsense definition.\u201d<\/p>

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