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federal case

NOUN
minor problem made into a major issue
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The expected plea potentially resolves the federal case just a month before Mangione is scheduled to go to trial in state court on murder and other charges.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Luigi Mangione who is accused of killing a health insurance boss in Manhattan may plead guilty to stalking charges in his federal case, The New York Times reported Thursday.

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

They didn’t do that because they wanted to have the trappings and the veneer of making it look as if it were a real federal case.

From Slate Jun. 9, 2026

Mangione is also charged in a separate federal case, in which he has also pleaded not guilty.

From BBC May 18, 2026

But what hope had the West Computers of making a federal case out of something so banal as a cafeteria sign?

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly



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