U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday she is directing prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the young man suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December.

“Luigi Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America,” Bondi said in a statement. “After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”

The Department of Justice called Thompson’s murder an “act of political violence.” Bondi is specifically ordering acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky to seek the death penalty in the high-profile case.

Mangione, 26, is accused of killing the chief executive outside a Manhattan hotel in early December before fleeing the city to Pennsylvania, where he was apprehended by local authorities after an individual called the police on the suspect. Mangione is being held at a federal prison in Brooklyn.

He faces three separate trials: the first in New York for murder, the second for federal charges involving terrorism, and the third in Pennsylvania for gun possession.