Luigi Mangione’s playlist seems to have gotten a makeover. According to an X post by @Kurrco, a fellow prisoner scolded him for listening to Taylor Swift and put him on Lil Durk’s music. As seen in an image of a letter, he wrote that Taylor Swift’s song Cardigan was replaced by Dis Ain’t What U Want. Explaining how this happened, Mangione wrote:“Last week, I downloaded a bunch of Taylor Swift and Charli XCX onto my tablet. I've never really listened to either of them, but some phony list of my favorite music circulated on social media, [REDACTED]. Rather than being a buzzkill and set the record straight, I figured I'd see what all the hype was about.”Luigi Mangione further wrote:“So I'm walking laps on the top tier of my unit listening to "Cardigan" by Taylor Swift when one of the other inmates, "King", calls me over to see what I'm listening to. He scolds me for a while, then replaces all my music. Now I listen to "Lil Durk".”Mangione is currently waiting for trial in the alleged murder of Brian Thompson, the CEO of the healthcare and well-being company, UnitedHealthCare. Thompson was shot in December 2024. According to CBS News, a hearing scheduled for November 7 has been put on hold after Luigi Mangione said he would like to appear in person. He had also asserted that he would like to appear in all the hearings in person.Why was the Department of Justice under fire in Luigi Mangione’s case?In other news, a judge said that officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ) may have violated certain conditions in Luigi Mangione’s case. According to his legal representatives, these officials have engaged in particular social media activity, including resharing comments and posts regarding the case.Judge Margaret Garnett said that these activities violated Local Criminal Rule 23.1 and a previous court order. Garnett mentioned that concerned officials were instructed:“not to release or authorize the release of … opinion that a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by means of public communication, in connection with pending … criminal litigation with which they are associated, if there is a substantial likelihood that the the dissemination will interfere with a fair trial or otherwise prejudice the true administration of justice.”In the letter to the court, Luigi Mangione’s defense attorney had argued:“The Government has indelibly prejudiced Mr. Mangione by baselessly linking him to unrelated violent events, and left-wing extremist groups, despite there being no connection or affiliation. A recent, tragic, high-profile murder has only increased this prejudicial rhetoric. The attempts to connect Mr. Mangione with these incidents and paint him as a ‘left wing’ violent extremist are false, prejudicial, and part of a greater political narrative that has no place in any criminal case, especially one where the death penalty is at stake.”Karen Agnifilo further argued that Luigi Mangione was opposed to these actions. Moreover, he was not associated with any such group that was mentioned in a recent press release.