NEW YORK -- The federal indictment that makes Luigi Mangione eligible for the death penalty if he's convicted of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson should be dismissed because a "torrent of prejudice from multiple public officials" violated his constitutional rights and made it impossible for him to receive a fair trial, defense attorneys argued in a new court filing Saturday.

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to four federal charges, including one death-eligible count of using a firearm to commit murder, that accused him of tracking Thompson's whereabouts, traveling to New York where Thompson was attending an investor conference, stalking him on the street and then firing several shots from a 9mm pistol.

The defense conceded there is a high bar to dismiss an indictment due to

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