A Manhattan federal judge warned the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday it could be sanctioned for statements made by Attorney General Pamela Bondi and other high-ranking federal officials regarding Luigi Mangione, the Maryland man accused of killing a health care executive last year in Manhattan, which may have violated the court’s directives.

Defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo, who successfully argued to drop two state terrorism charges against her client last week, submitted a brief late Tuesday arguing that statements made by Bondi and President Donald Trump in September undermine Mangione’s ability to get a fair trial.

U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett wrote in her response on Wednesday: "It appears from this letter that multiple employees at the Department of Justice

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