Luigi Mangione: Full body camera footage released from arrest
In this handout photo released by the Altoona Police Department, Luigi Mangione is seen in a holding cell after being taken into custody, Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pa. (Altoona Police Department via Getty Images)
(NEW YORK) — For the first time, the public can see the full body camera footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest and his subsequent strip search at the Altoona Police Department in Pennsylvania.
The footage was released Friday after news outlets, including ABC News, petitioned the court.
Mangione was taken into custody in Altoona in December 2024, days after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan. The video includes the search of Mangione’s bag when he was apprehended at an Altoona McDonald’s, the retrieval of the murder weapon and Mangione’s transport in a squad car.
This is the first time most of the footage has been seen outside court, including a redacted version of Mangione’s strip search.
The video included much of what was played during a three-week evidentiary hearing when defense attorneys argued the evidence should be suppressed. The judge decided much of it could be used but kept it under seal.
In August, Mangione pleaded guilty to two federal stalking counts in connection with Thompson’s killing, and now the Manhattan district attorney’s office is facing a deadline later this month to respond to Mangione’s motion to dismiss the state indictment against him.
Mangione admitted to the crime in federal court in August, saying, “I used a 3-D printer to make part of a gun, and I equipped the gun with the silencer and the magazine.”
“I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died,” he said, adding, “I knew what I was doing was illegal.”
Mangione’s sentencing in the federal case is set for Dec. 18.
Steve Bannon speaks during Semafor World Economy 2026 on April 16, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor World Economy)
(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., declined a request from the Justice Department to dismiss the contempt of Congress conviction for Trump ally Steve Bannon, telling prosecutors in a ruling Wednesday that they will need to come back with a better explanation if they want to clear Bannon’s record.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was appointed to the federal bench by President Donald Trump in 2019, faulted prosecutors for failing to comply with local rules that requires them to explain their motivations for dismissing the indictment against Bannon.
Bannon, who served as Trump’s chief White House strategist during Trump’s first term, was convicted in 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. He served four months in prison in 2024.
In February, the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, under the leadership of Trump ally Jeanine Pirro, moved to dismiss Bannon’s indictment while he was seeking to appeal his conviction before the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court in April vacated the charges against Bannon and returned the case to a lower court for dismissal.
Nichols’ ruling Wednesday notes that his denial of the DOJ’s request for dismissal is “without prejudice,” meaning he will give prosecutors another shot to offer a fuller explanation for why the case against Bannon should be dismissed.
Families arrive for a court hearing in immigration court on July 31, 2026, in New York City. More than 1,400 migrant children across New York, including more than 700 in New York City, are set to lose legal representation as a $200 million federal contract with the Acacia Center for Justice expires. The nonprofit oversees legal services for unaccompanied migrant children and estimates the funding loss will affect more than 24,000 children nationwide. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats are pressing federal health officials following the government’s decision to end a contract with legal advocacy groups that provide legal representation to migrant children.
In a letter sent Monday to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, lawmakers raised concerns over the government’s efforts to award new federal contracts to politically connected firms that they say lack immigration experience.
The 63 lawmakers wrote that they are “gravely concerned that ORR would entrust a vulnerable population with firms so plainly unqualified for the task.”
The letter comes after HHS last month awarded a controversial anti-human trafficking organization a no-bid $158 million contract to provide legal services to migrant children.
Utah-based Our Rescue, previously known as Operation Underground Railroad, was founded by activist Tim Ballard, who resigned in 2023 amid allegations of misconduct, which he denied in a statement posted through one of his organizations.
Our Rescue, according to the group of lawmakers, “does not list legal services among its primary functions.”
“Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, ORR is required to provide confidential and qualified legal consultation to unaccompanied children,” the lawmakers wrote. “However, Our Rescue does not list legal services among its primary functions, and it is unlikely to have the needed infrastructure and legal expertise to properly provide legal representation for thousands of children across the country.”
Currently, Our Rescue is run by Derek Benner, a former DHS official from the first Trump administration.
“If ORR proceeds with this contract, ORR will be gambling with the legal fate of thousands of children on an organization that has not clearly demonstrated it can do this work,” the lawmakers wrote.
In a statement, an HHS spokesperson called Our Rescue “a premier organization focused on combatting human trafficking globally.”
“Not only do they understand the crime, but they understand the foreign populations who have been preyed upon by criminal networks and who profit from exploiting vulnerable populations,” the HHS statement said. “As such, they are perfectly positioned to understand and recognize if or when an unaccompanied child has been victimized and will have the legal representation to pursue any immigration avenues available.”
The lawmakers, in their letter, also pointed to a notice from HHS that announced its intent to award a $150 million contract to a small Texas law firm founded by a former Trump appointee. Burke Law Group withdrew from consideration for the contract after lawmakers and advocacy groups raised concerns that the firm did not have experience representing migrant children.
“The withdrawal underscores our concerns with how your agency is handling these contracts and award process,” the lawmakers wrote. “These children are a uniquely vulnerable population whose needs and case complexities require highly specialized expertise.”
The letter from the lawmakers, which include Rep. Joaquin Castro and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, asks Kennedy and ORR for information regarding the contract with Our Rescue and whether the agencies plan to award additional contracts in support of migrant children.
“Unaccompanied minors are the most vulnerable population in the immigration system,” Rep. Castro told ABC News. “We have a moral and statutory duty to provide them with quality legal representation. The Trump administration’s attempt to cut out longstanding providers who are equipped to handle these cases jeopardized the well-being of children.”
Michael Lukens, the executive director of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights — which used to receive funding through a government contract that was terminated — said that “nonprofits are doing their best to keep the lights on and to help as many unaccompanied children as possible.”
“Since the Trump administration took the unprecedented action of letting the contract for children’s legal services expire with no plan in place for more than 20,000 kids, we have seen an equally unprecedented attack on immigrant children,” he told ABC News.
Immigrant advocacy groups have alleged that unaccompanied children and their sponsors are among those being targeted under the administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
In June, DHS agents visited the offices of several Washington-area nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to unaccompanied migrant children.
Last year, ABC News reported that the administration was directing immigration agents to track down unaccompanied migrant children in the United States.
“We are seeing children being bullied in court to take self-deportation and other children showing up without any counsel, even though the government is mandated to provide them with an attorney,” Lukens said. “Unaccompanied immigrant children need meaningful and expert advocacy through the court system, not political games.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on March 24, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
(BIDDLEFORD, Maine) — Federal immigration authorities were involved in a fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, on Monday, according to the local elected leaders and multiple sources.
Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said he was briefed on the incident by Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin. He said he was informed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in the deadly shooting.
King said the man was fatally shot after federal agents tried to stop the vehicle he was driving.
“He was in a vehicle — pulled out in the vehicle, and the term the secretary used was ‘weaponized’ the vehicle and was shot by an ICE agent,” King told reporters Monday morning.
King said the man who was shot was the target of the operation and that ICE agents had been given a final order for the man to be removed from the country.
“Body cameras were not on the agents. So we have no video evidence of what occurred in this case,” King said. “State and local officials, of course, are attending to it. The FBI will be leading the investigation because it was a federal operation.”
The Maine Attorney General’s Office also released a statement, confirming that the ICE operation on Monday morning was targeting a man related to a final order to remove him from the country. The Attorney General’s Office alleged, “the suspect attempted to flee in the vehicle in the direction of the officer and was fatally shot.”
“The male subject is not being named until positive identification is made and family members are notified,” according to the statement from the state Attorney General’s Office.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills said she was also briefed on the shooting and was informed that federal law enforcement was involved.
“I know situations like these are alarming and frightening,” Mills said in a statement. “The Maine State Police are at the scene supporting and working cooperatively with the Attorney General’s Office, Maine’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner, and Federal officials to determine the facts of what occurred this morning.”
Two Maine immigration advocacy groups — Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition (MIRC) and the Presente! — issued a joint statement, saying the individual who was killed was a 26-year-old Colombian man, who they claimed was authorized to work in the United States and had a Social Security number.
The groups called for a “prompt, independent, and transparent investigation.” The groups also called for a full accounting of every agency and officer involved as well as the preservation of all body-camera footage, surveillance footage, and communications between the federal officials involved.
“ICE must not be allowed to investigate itself or control the public narrative surrounding a death in which its personnel or operations were involved,” the groups said.
The FBI said the agency “responded to assist on-scene immediately following this morning’s shooting incident in Biddeford, Maine. We have no additional comment at this time.”
The Department of Homeland Security has not yet responded to ABC News’ requests for comment.
A bystander video verified by ABC News showed what appeared to be federal immigration agents and uniformed law enforcement officers in the aftermath of the shooting performing first aid on an individual on the ground at an intersection.
A Ring camera video obtained by ABC News from a residence near the shooting scene captured the sound of what appeared to be at least five gunshots.
Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said in a social media post that she is “aware of reports that someone was fatally shot in Biddeford this morning, and ICE may be involved.”
A bystander video verified by ABC News showed what appeared to be federal immigration agents and uniformed law enforcement officers in the aftermath of the shooting performing first aid on an individual on the ground at an intersection.
A Ring camera video obtained by ABC News from a residence near the shooting scene captured the sound of what appeared to be at least five gunshots.
Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said in a social media post that she is “aware of reports that someone was fatally shot in Biddeford this morning, and ICE may be involved.”
A bystander video verified by ABC News showed what appeared to be federal immigration agents and uniformed law enforcement officers in the aftermath of the shooting performing first aid on an individual on the ground at an intersection.
A Ring camera video obtained by ABC News from a residence near the shooting scene captured the sound of what appeared to be at least five gunshots.
Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said in a social media post that she is “aware of reports that someone was fatally shot in Biddeford this morning, and ICE may be involved.”
She added, “My team and I are working to get more information and will share more as we learn it.”
Em Akerley, who lives near the shooting scene, told ABC affiliate station WMTW, that she was inside her home having her morning coffee when she heard the gunshots.
“I thought it was a backfire, and then I kept hearing them,” Akerley said. “I thought it was a drive-by shooting.”
She said she looked out her window and saw a small white car being corralled by two men, who appeared to be trying to stop the vehicle from losing control in the intersection.
“All of a sudden, all of these plain-clothes vested men started running down the street, abandoning their cars,” Akerley said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
