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Luigi Mangione’s top federal prosecutor in NY is recused in mystery shake-up in death penalty case

April 30, 2025
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Jay Clayton during a hearing on Capitol Hill on September 24, 2019.
Jay Clayton is the interim US attorney for the Southern District of New York.

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The top federal prosecutor in Luigi Mangione‘s federal case has quietly been recused.

The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York shared the update in a letter addressed to Judge Margaret M. Garnett on Wednesday.

“The Government also writes to inform the Court that United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, is recused from this matter,” the letter said.

Mangione, 26, is accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024. He faces charges in three different jurisdictions.

In New York, he faces state charges of murder as an act of terror. He also faces lesser state charges for forgery and weapons violations in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested days after the shooting.

Mangione also faces federal charges for murder through the use of a firearm, among other charges. The Justice Department is seeking the death penalty against Mangione for the federal murder charge. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Clayton, who has never worked as a prosecutor, was chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission from 2017 to 2020. He previously worked as a lawyer for Sullivan & Cromwell.

President Donald Trump unsuccessfully attempted to install Clayton as the Southern District of New York’s lead attorney in 2020. Trump nominated Clayton for the role a second time last November, which drew ire from Democrats like Sen. Chuck Schumer, who said he would block Clayton’s nomination, according to Bloomberg Law. However, shake-ups in the Southern District of New York have left a power vacuum.

Edward Y. Kim served as the acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York from December 2024 to January, when Danielle Sassoon took over the interim position. Sassoon resigned in February, and Matthew Podolsky has since taken over the position.

This month, Trump named Clayton the interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, making his recusal from this district’s most prominent case notable.

The Southern District of New York did not say why Clayton was recused. Instead, Perry A. Carbone, the district’s criminal division chief, will act as the attorney for the case.

Representatives for the Southern District of New York and the US Attorney’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

The post Luigi Mangione’s top federal prosecutor in NY is recused in mystery shake-up in death penalty case appeared first on Business Insider.

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