Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Luigi Mangione's case, has been recused.Trump nominated Jay Clayton as interim US attorney for the Southern District of New York this month.The Justice Department is seeking the death penalty for Mangione.

Federal prosecutors said no one from the state or federal government eavesdropped on a jailhouse phone conversation between accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione and his lawyer. Defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo claimed at a court appearance last week that prosecutors at the Manhattan district attorney’s office had been "eavesdropping" on a call after federal prosecutors provided them with a recording.