{"id":840867,"date":"2025-04-12T19:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T00:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/cnn-white-house-correspondent-deletes-post-promoting-luigi-mangiones-defense-fund-after-backlash\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T19:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T00:12:06","slug":"cnn-white-house-correspondent-deletes-post-promoting-luigi-mangiones-defense-fund-after-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/12\/cnn-white-house-correspondent-deletes-post-promoting-luigi-mangiones-defense-fund-after-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN White House correspondent deletes post promoting Luigi Mangione’s defense fund after backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CNN chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins apparently deleted a social media post after receiving backlash for appearing to promote a defense fund for Luigi Mangione, the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer.<\/p>\n

In the post on X, Collins showed a link to a new website launched by defense lawyers for Mangione, who faces charges of first-degree murder<\/u><\/a> in furtherance of an act of terrorism, stalking and other state and federal charges in New York and Pennsylvania for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson<\/u><\/a> in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024. Thompson was a married father of two.<\/p>\n

Mangione, 26, who was born into a wealthy Maryland family, was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., on Dec. 9 after a multi-state manhunt. Following his arrest, followers donated over $300,000 for his legal defense.<\/p>\n

Collins’ post garnered criticism from a number of users on X, including The Spectator contributing editor Stephen L. Miller.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Real bottom of the barrel stuff. Even for @kaitlancollins,” Miller posted Friday on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Miller also called Collins out for deleting the post with “no explanation,” saying, “guess it wasn’t White House correspondent related.”<\/p>\n

WMAL host Larry O’Connor commented on the situation, saying Collins “used her considerable platform to promote a link for the defense fund of a cold-blooded killer.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“She has not yet apologized nor has she posted anything else in 24 hours,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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New York Times best-selling author Jack Posobiec also shared his take on Collins’ X post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“CNN’s Kaitlan Collins promotes Luigi Mangione’s legal defense fund after Mangione [was] shown on video murdering a man in cold blood,” he posted Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Some users have even suggested Collins should lose her press credentials and access to the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Madeline Coggins is a Digital Production Assistant on the Fox News flash team with Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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CNN chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins apparently deleted a social media post after receiving backlash for appearing to promote a defense fund for Luigi Mangione, the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer. In the post on X, Collins showed a link to a new website launched by defense lawyers for Mangione, who faces charges of first-degree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":840868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9],"tags":[5065,5064],"class_list":{"0":"post-840867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-house","8":"category-white","9":"tag-house","10":"tag-white"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=840867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}