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By MICHAEL R. SISAK<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A hearing in Luigi Mangione \u2019s state murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was held in secret Wednesday after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.<\/p>\n

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New York Judge Gregory Carro said he sealed the virtual proceeding at the request of the defense but provided no other details, raising questions about transparency in the closely watched case.<\/p>\n

Court hearings in the U.S. are presumptively open to the public, but judges are permitted to close them in certain circumstances, such as to protect sensitive or confidential information.<\/p>\n

Carro held the hearing in his chambers at the Manhattan courthouse where Mangione is set to go to trial on Sept. 8. Mangione, his lawyers and prosecutors all appeared via video conference. A lawyer representing news organizations sent a letter to Carro asking his reasons for sealing the hearing but was ignored by the judge and rebuffed by his staff.<\/p>\n

When the lawyer, Jeremy Chase, called Carro\u2019s chambers Wednesday morning, he said the judge\u2019s clerk told him: \u201cWe don\u2019t read emails or letters at night. We go home.\u201d She then hung up on him, he said in an email to news organizations obtained by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

After Wednesday\u2019s hearing, Carro returned to the courtroom and announced it\u2019s \u201csealed at the moment.\u201d He scheduled an in-person hearing for June 16. That one, he said, will be open to the public.<\/p>\n

Spokespeople for Mangione\u2019s defense team and for the Manhattan district attorney\u2019s office, which is prosecuting the case, declined to comment. A message seeking comment was left for a spokesperson for New York\u2019s state court system.<\/p>\n

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Laura Italiano, a veteran New York City courts reporter who was in Carro\u2019s courtroom on Wednesday, said this is the third time in six months that the judge and court staff have silenced or ignored journalists seeking access to evidence or proceedings in Mangione\u2019s case.<\/p>\n

At a pretrial hearing in December, court officers ejected a reporter from the courtroom after she tried objecting to Carro\u2019s decision to seal certain evidence. In February, Carro held a 27-minute, off-the-record bench conference during an otherwise public hearing. Reporters emailed the judge to no avail and asked a court officer to relay a note to him, but the officer refused.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing serious transparency problems and the trial hasn\u2019t even begun,\u201d Italiano said. \u201cThere\u2019s huge public interest in this case and the judge is carrying on as if that were not the case.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carro scheduled Wednesday\u2019s hearing at the end of Mangione\u2019s last court appearance on May 18.<\/p>\n

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After meeting briefly with prosecutors and Mangione\u2019s lawyers at the bench at that prior proceeding, Carro said he\u2019d hold a virtual hearing to discuss scheduling and jury selection issues. He gave no indication that it would be sealed, nor has anyone said how, why or when Mangione\u2019s lawyers asked for it to be.<\/p>\n

Typically when virtual hearings are scheduled in New York courts, the press and public are able to follow along by watching on TV monitors in the judge\u2019s courtroom. When a party requests that a proceeding be sealed, a judge will often solicit input from the other side and allow third parties, such as the public and news media, to also provide input.<\/p>\n

An AP reporter emailed Carro directly on Tuesday, asking him to share, even broadly, his reasoning for sealing Wednesday\u2019s hearing, and whether a transcript or recording would be provided. The judge didn\u2019t respond and, instead, forwarded the email to the court\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n

Mangione, 28, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges in the Dec. 4, 2024, killing. His federal trial, which involves stalking charges, is set to begin on Oct. 13. He could spend his life in prison if convicted in either case.<\/p>\n

Thompson, 50, was killed as he walked to a Manhattan hotel for UnitedHealth Group\u2019s annual investor conference. Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind. Police say \u201cdelay,\u201d \u201cdeny\u201d and \u201cdepose\u201d were written on the ammunition, mimicking a phrase used to describe how insurers avoid paying claims.<\/p>\n

Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Maryland family, was arrested five days later at a McDonald\u2019s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 230 miles (about 370 kilometers) west of Manhattan. At the May 18 hearing, Carro ruled that a gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Mangione to the killing can be used as evidence against him.<\/p>\n

The gun, a 3D-printed pistol, matches the one used to kill Thompson, prosecutors said. The notebook describes wanting to \u201cwack\u201d a health insurance executive and rebelling against \u201cthe deadly, greed fueled health insurance cartel.\u201d<\/p>\n

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