New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- NEW YORK - The pretrial conference Luigi Mangione attended in Manhattan federal court Friday was scheduled at 11 a.m. and described in court filings in the language of procedural routine. What surrounded it was anything but. Sources familiar with the negotiations told multiple news organizations that Mangione was expected to enter a guilty plea to federal stalking charges connected to the December 4, 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a step that would resolve the federal case while leaving the more consequential state prosecution intact and three weeks from trial.

nothing was final until Mangione accepted a deal in open court. Negotiations between the prosecution and defense were described as ongo...