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Luigi Mangione 's defense team is demanding prosecutors clarify whether his mother actually told police the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was "something she could see him doing" — or if law enforcement fabricated the widely reported quote and, in the defense team's view, made a "highly prejudicial false statement."

At issue is a Dec. 17, 2024 news briefing where NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that during a massive manhunt for Thompson's suspected killer, a tip involving a missing person case in San Francisco led them to their suspect.

Mangione's mother reported him missing to San Francisco police on Nov. 18, 2024, Kenny said. The detective working that case called his NYPD counterparts a

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