The cohosts heavily criticized the alleged murderer who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The View’s Whoopi Goldberg scolds alleged murderer Luigi Mangione amid pretrial hearing: ‘You are the problem’

The cohosts heavily criticized the alleged murderer who is accused of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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- Whoopi Goldberg scolded alleged murderer Luigi Mangione on *The View*.

- The cohosts discussed Mangione's attitude amid his pretrial hearing.

- "You are the problem," Goldberg said, pointing her finger toward the show's camera.

As accused murderer Luigi Mangione continues to court fans amid his pretrial hearing following the alleged assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, *The View* moderator Whoopi Goldberg has scolded Mangione in an impassioned statement on the air.

The Oscar-winning actress introduced a Hot Topic Tuesday about Mangione's case, as well as young social media users who've grown fond of Mangione during the developments.

Cohost Sara Haines began the conversation by pointing out what she felt is a "really sad part about his story," because Mangione "came from a lot of money" and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.**

Whoopi Goldberg addresses Luigi Mangione on 'The View'.

"This person could've been a change maker in the world, he could've actually effected change, and yet he opted to murder another human," Haines said. "So I think, if he's this proud of what he's done, which he seems to be very proud, we don't know of his remorse on any level, I think he should serve his time with his head up on his shoulders because he could make a difference in prisons. There are people there that didn't have a better chance."

Legal expert and former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin said she felt that police handled collecting evidence in an unorthodox manner, and questioned the methods of officer Christy Wasser. Wasser reportedly found a gun magazine in Mangione's possession, which, per the Associated Press, Mangione's defense team argued "should be excluded because police didn’t have a search warrant and lacked the grounds to justify a warrantless search" when officers found him at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania five days after the alleged crime.

"In this instance, she said they were searching for a bomb, but that doesn't make sense because they would've evacuated the McDonald's, so you can't use a lie to conduct a search, because this country is not that kind of country," Hostin said. "All that to say, I'm not saying he didn't do a horrible thing, I'm not saying he's been found innocent, but I am saying that let's let the process work the way that it's supposed to work."**

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Goldberg ended the segment by urging people to bring about change — particularly within the healthcare sector — using methods that don't involve violence.

"Let's not forget, if you don't like the system, do something about changing it. Taking somebody's life is not going to help, because there's now another CEO in place," Goldberg said. "The real thinking here should be, how do I affect change to this? what do I do? How can I complain, what do I do? Because the minute you pick up a weapon, you are the problem."

Goldberg pointed toward the show's camera as she spoke, just before the program cut to a commercial break.

Luigi Mangione in Manhattan Supreme Court.

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Goldberg also spoke out on the air against Charlie Kirk's assassin in September, after the conservative commentator was killed during a public speaking event on a college campus in Utah earlier this year.

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"It's awful when it's a Kennedy or a Lincoln or a Garfield. It doesn't matter. What assassins should always remember is, just because you take somebody out, doesn't mean the message is going to stop," Goldberg said in September. "It's important to keep that in mind."

*The View* airs weekdays on ABC.

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