CNN Darling Kaitlan Collins received a recoil for placing a link to the accused CEO of UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione's defense page.
Mangione, 26, is accused of setting the CEO of the gigantic health insurer, Brian Thompson, outside the New York Hilton Midtown on December 4.
His lawyers, from the Agnifilo law firm, founded a website who documents his case, including a message from the alleged murderer who thanked his fans.
“I am overwhelmed by – and grateful for – everyone who wrote me to share their stories and express their support,” he said.
In the since Deleted X message, Collins shared a link to the website, which also contains a section that contains visitors to fundraising page. The site itself has no fundraising page.
“Luigi Mangione's Legal Defense Team has launched a new website today,” Collins said on Friday.
Critics were quick to hit the main correspondent of the network for sharing the link, and claimed that she had reason the fundraising of the accused murderer.
'Real bottom of the barrel -stuff. Even for @kaitlancollins, “said the viewer who contributes to Editor Stephen L. Miller.
CNN Schat Kaitlan Collins received a recoil before placing a link to accused Unitedhealthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione's defense page
Mangione, 26, is accused of shooting the chief executive of the gigantic health insurer, Brian Thompson, outside the New York Hilton Midtown on December 4
“This controversial action has asked questions about why a CNN journalist would support such a criminal,” said another person.
Wmal-Gastheer Larry O'Connor said Collins, “used her considerable platform to promote a link for the defense fund of a cold-blooded murderer. She has not yet apologized, nor has she posted something else in 24 hours. '
“Promoting the defense fund of an alleged stone cold murderer as a journalist is pretty big,” a third person said.
Collins removed the posted and replied to a New York Post story that denied that she promoted his fundraising.
“This is not true. I posted that his lawyers have made a website that are newsworthy and have also reported other points of sale. I did not in any way shared a fundraising link for him, “she said.
In a statement to Mediaite, a CNN spokesperson said: “This was nothing more than a social post -reporting news about the test.”
Mangione has, even though he is an accused cold -blooded murderer, divided the opinion since his identity was revealed in his arrest.
Many worship him as a hero for standing out Unitedhealthcare, the largest health insurer in the country that denies most claims per percentage, and the American health system in general.
Shell -shells found on the spot were engraved with 'delay', 'deny' and 'depose' in reference to American health insurance tactics.
More than $ 400,000 has been picked up by 'sick' fans who made it their mission to support his constant legal battle.
“The American private health insurance sector has ruined countless lives by refusing people to bury access to basic care and burying families in medical debts,” said the December 4 Legal Commission that supports fundraising.
“It is no surprise that Luigi's alleged actions are understood and supported by tens of millions of hard -working Americans.”
Mangione was held on firearms and wore a 'ghost gun', which it was believed to have been made with a 3D printer when he was arrested.
Public prosecutors claimed that the gun was the same in CCTV images in which a figure with a hooded Thompson shot in the leg and back from behind.
He also wore a notebook that expressed hostility towards the health insurance sector and in particular rich managers, according to federal prosecutors.
The public prosecutor in Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, said that the application of the terrorist law reflected the seriousness of a 'frightening, well -planned, targeted murder intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation
Mangione is held in a federal prison of Brooklyn in addition to various other controversial defendants, including Sean 'Diddy' Combs and Sam Bankman-Friedduurd.
