Luigi Mangione retains former Manhattan prosecutors to defend him in fatal slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has secured a former Manhattan veteran to defend him as he faces murder charges in the Big Apple for cold-blooded killings.

Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, a longtime prosecutor who used to head the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office before turning to the private sector, will represent the accused killer. It was reported by CNN.

“She has as much experience as any human being, especially in state court,” a New York prosecutor told the newspaper.

“She knows every corridor, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse.”

Friedman-Agnifilo did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

The news comes just hours after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that the alleged gunman could be extradited from Pennsylvania to New York City as early as Tuesday on murder charges for the fatal slaying.

Mangione had been fighting extradition orders seeking to bring him back to the Empire State.

“Indications are that the defendant may waive, but that waiver is not complete until a trial,” Bragg said during a public safety press conference in Times Square Friday night.

“Until then, we will continue to push forward along parallel paths, and we will be ready whether he waives extradition or contests extradition.”

Mangione — a 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate — is accused of fatally shooting Thompson as the 50-year-old CEO walked to the Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue, where UnitedHealthcare’s parent company was holding its annual investor conference on Dec. 4. .

The alleged hitman led police on a five-day manhunt that ended when he was taken into custody at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s Monday after an employee recognized him and called police.

Police found a 3D-printed gun with a homemade silencer, a loaded Glock magazine and several fake IDs in his backpack.

He also had a handwritten manifesto document addressed to the “Feds” that mentioned UnitedHealthcare and accused health insurance companies of corporate greed.

Ballistics from the ghost gun matched shell casings recovered from the crime scene, with Mangione’s fingerprints matching a water bottle and granola bar wrapper found near the crime scene, according to police.

Mangione is being held at the state penitentiary in Huntington, Pennsylvania, after a judge denied him bail earlier this week.

He has pleaded not guilty to the many charges brought against him, including murder and weapons possession.