NEW YORK — Attorney General Pam Bondi has a “conflict of interest” that “provides yet another reason” why the death penalty should be stricken from the federal case against accused murderer Luigi Mangione, his attorneys argued in a new court filing.

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Mangione has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that accused him of stalking and murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson and has been fighting the government’s notice of intent to seek the death penalty if he’s convicted.

In an overnight court filing, defense attorneys accused Bondi of failing to disclose her work at the lobbying firm Ballard Partners, which “lists UnitedHealth Group as a regular client ,” and “that she personally financially profited from Ballard’s lucrative relationship with UHG.”