Luigi Mangione hires the former Manhattan district attorney to defend him in the fatal assassination of the UnitedHealthcare CEO

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has hired a former veteran Manhattan prosecutor to defend him as he faces murder charges in the Big Apple over the cold-blooded killing.

Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, a longtime prosecutor who formerly headed the sex crimes unit in the Manhattan district attorney’s office before turning to the private sector, will represent the accused killer, CNN reported.

“She has as much experience as any person, especially in state court,” a New York prosecutor told the medium.

“She knows every hallway, every judge, every clerk in the courthouse.”

Friedman-Agnifilo did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment.

The news comes just hours after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that the suspected shooter could be extradited from Pennsylvania to New York City to face murder charges in the fatal shooting as early as Tuesday.

Mangione had fought extradition orders aimed at returning him to the Empire State.

“There is evidence that the defendant may waive it, but that waiver is not complete until a trial,” Bragg said during a public safety news conference Friday night in Times Square.

“Until then, we will continue to advance parallel paths and be ready whether he waives extradition or denies extradition.”

Mangione – a 26-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate – is accused of fatally shooting Thompson as the 50-year-old CEO walked to the Hilton hotel on Sixth Avenue, where UnitedHealthcare’s parent company was holding its annual investor conference on Dec. 4 .

The suspected bomber led police on a five-day manhunt that ended when he was taken into custody at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Monday after an employee recognized him and called police.

Police recovered a 3D-printed pistol with a homemade silencer, a loaded Glock magazine and several fake IDs in his backpack.

He also had a handwritten manifesto-like document addressed to “the Feds” that mentioned UnitedHealthcare and accused the health insurance companies of corporate greed.

The ghost gun’s ballistics matched bullet casings recovered from the crime scene, with Mangione’s fingerprints matching a water bottle and granola bar wrapper found near the crime scene, according to police.

Mangione is being held at the state correctional facility in Huntington, Pennsylvania, after a judge denied him bail earlier this week.

He pleaded not guilty to the numerous charges against him, including murder and weapons possession.