New York police said Luigi Mangione, who is charged in the killing, was allegedly motivated by animus toward the health insurance industry and corporate America.
Authorities arrested Luigi Mangione in Pennsylvania after a five-day manhunt sparked by the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.
Trump’s attorneys wrote that a judge had to ensure their client, who has not been sentenced, would be released from the case involving guilty verdicts on 34 counts.
Donald Trump recently announced he would nominate Jay Clayton, his former Securities and Exchange Commission head, to serve as U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York.
The president-elect was convicted in May of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to an adult-film star ahead of the 2016 election.
Indian energy mogul Gautam Adani, an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was indicted in New York on bribery charges involving solar energy supply contracts.
Manhattan prosecutors said they will oppose a request by Donald Trump’s lawyers to dismiss his 34-count felony conviction as sought by the president-elect’s lawyers
The charges against Haji Najibullah include allegedly murdering U.S. nationals in planning an attack on a U.S. military convoy that killed three soldiers.