Mangione said during his arraignment, “I don’t know where all that money came from,” referring to “$8,000 in cash [and] $2,000 in foreign currency” that law enforcement claimed was on his person. Prosecution also referenced a “faraday bag” as part of their argument that Mangione engaged in “criminal sophistication”, while Mangione claimed the bag were merely “waterproof”. This was part of a larger argument to deny Mangione bail.
Edit: apologies for the TikTok, but I removed tracking from the URL and it comes from the official CNN TikTok.
Ok you made me watch this fucking TikTok since I couldn’t find a text source. He only disputed those things because they were the only things brought up during the prosecution’s justifications for denying bail. The rest of the items weren’t mentioned in this context, so if anything bringing them up in it only would have made him look more guilty.
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I do, which is why I sought out a text source for a more complete recounting. I dont know how he responded to what was found on his person because it’s not reported on. Anywhere.