Mangione's defense attorney, Thomas Dickey.
Mr.
Dickey, thank you for joining us this morning.
Are you standing by that statement that you've seen zero
evidence tying Mangione to the murder?
That's correct.
Dione, we had a brief hearing yesterday and there is
one document, an arrest warrant from the state of New
York, which merely reference to statute.
We see no evidence.
That's one of the many reasons why we're challenging the
extradition at this point.
So we can see some evidence and get a little
more detailed information about the charges against Luigi.
What about the gun?
What about the writings?
Well, as I indicated yesterday, I have not been made
aware of any evidence that links the gun that was
found on his person to this alleged to the crime.
So these are things that we're we're looking to see
and yesterday was fast.
Today, today's another day.
We're looking forward to beginning our inquiry as to what
evidence may or may not be out there.
Kind of looks exactly the same as the one that
was used.
Well, I mean, a lot of guns look the same.
I mean, if you brought a gun in and say,
well, it looks like that, I, I don't even know
if that evidence would be admissible.
And if so, I would argue that it wouldn't be
given much weight.
That's why they do ballistic tests at, but Ballistics examination,
a test of all that to try to match that.
Trust me, they're going to try to match that firearm
to the incident by more than just, well, it looks
like that.
What about the writings?
These parasites had it coming, talking about the healthcare industry,
corruption and greed.
That is all evidence, isn't it?
Well, well, I mean, certainly it, it could be, I
haven't seen any of that yet.
You know, one of the rules of evidence is there's
a rule of completeness.
So you have to take any writing or any document
in its entirety because some things can be taking out
of taken out of context.
So again, and these are exactly the things that I'm
looking to get my hands on.
I'm hoping that we can get that maybe even as
early as today.
So again, I, I really can't comment something that I
haven't seen in its totality.
How about the fake ID, same one used at the
hostel?
Well, again, whether or not that's a match that these
are things I, I, I need to find out.
I need to examine things, You know, people put out
certain things and parts of the different things.
But I think any lawyer involved in this situation would
want to, would want to see it all.
Did Mangione tell you he didn't do it?
I would never reveal any conversation between my client that
would not be proper.
There's an attorney-client privilege and I, I cannot and would
not ever comment on that.
Mister Dickey, thank you for your time this morning.
Thank you very much.