CNN’s Kaitlan Collins denies declare that she shared hyperlink to Luigi Mangione’s fund

CNN chief White Home correspondent Kaitlan Collins responded to claims that she promoted a hyperlink to alleged killer Luigi Mangione’s protection fund on social media.

Collins, 32, was slammed on social media and generated a number of tabloid headlines over the weekend for a since-deleted social media put up associated to Mangione’s high-profile first-degree homicide trial.

Mangione, 26, is going through a slew of costs, together with first-degree homicide as an act of terrorism for the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot point-blank in broad daylight in Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024.

In response to a weekend article from the New York Put up, titled “CNN’s Kaitlan Collins deletes put up selling Luigi Mangione’s protection fund after backlash,” she replied on X, “This isn’t true. I posted that his attorneys created a web site, which is newsworthy and different shops have additionally reported on.

The Supply anchor added, doubling down, “On no account did I share a fundraising hyperlink for him.”

Mangione’s high-profile legal professional, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, additionally tapped a loss of life penalty professional after requesting extra time to construct his case final month.

Collins posted a hyperlink to a web site Mangione’s protection attorneys created, asking for cash to pay his authorized charges. The fund has since raised over $300,000.

The CNN correspondent was met with fierce criticism from a number of fellow public figures, together with the likes of WMAL radio host Larry O’Connor, who accused Collins of “utilizing her appreciable platform to advertise a hyperlink for the protection fund of a cold-blooded killer.”