Ken Klippenstein is an independent investigative reporter who recently published UHC suspect shooter Luigi Mangione’s alleged handwritten manifesto, find out more about him below
Luigi Mangione is the main accused ‘suspect shooter’ in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Who is journalist Ken Klippenstein who published Luigi Mangione’s full real manifesto on Substack, bio, age and education
I got the Luigi Mangione manifesto — the real one, not the fake one circulating online.
Here it is:https://t.co/bnlcbLxIuL
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) December 10, 2024
This is Luigi Mangione's manifesto, per Ken Klippenstein. See link below.
Media outlets had copies of what amounts to a confession and basically a paragraph of argumentation and decided not to publish it for some reason. https://t.co/ykFSPuZQYE pic.twitter.com/QxdwxD74QH
— James Lynch (@jameslynch32) December 10, 2024
According to reports, Ken is a Freedom of Information Act requester, and he has previously worked for several outlets.
Ken Klippenstein publishes Luigi Mangione’s manifesto
Renowned independent journalist Ken Klippenstein recently released Luigi Mangione’s supposed manifesto on Substack on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. Ken claimed that it was the “real one” and “not the fake one circulating online.”
While Luigi Mangione never directly mentioned UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s murder in his manifesto, he seemingly claimed it. He stated:
I do apologize for any strife of traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.”
He also allegedly highlighted how the United States ranked as the “most expensive healthcare system in the world.” Luigi also highlighted the country’s supposed 42nd rank in life expectancy and allegedly referred to UHC as United in his supposed manifesto. Ken Klippenstein shared how Luigi called UHC the USA’s largest company by market cap after Apple, Google, and Walmart.
The note also went on to seemingly critique how health insurance companies like UHC have grown in market value while life expectancy keeps deteriorating in the USA. Luigi Mangione supposedly wrote:
They continue to abuse our country for immense profit because the American public has allowed [allowed] them to get away with it. Obviously the problem is more complex, but I do not have space, and frankly I do not pretend to be the most qualified person to lay out the full argument.”
Ken Klippenstein bio
Ken Klippenstein is an American journalist who was born on February 1, 1988, and is currently 36 years old. He currently resides in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Over the years, he has worked at The Intercept, The Nation, as well as a senior investigative reporter for The Young Turks.
Education
According to his LinkedIn bio, Ken Klippenstein attended Naperville North High School from 2003 to 2006. After receiving his high school diploma, he joined Wheaton College in 2007 to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature. He graduated with his BA degree in 2010.
Career
Ken Klippenstein currently runs his own independent news outlet called KLIPNEWS, which he started earlier this year in May 2024. Ken reportedly co-founded the outlet alongside fellow journalist William M. Arkin. The organization reportedly claims to be:
dedicated to explaining what the national security state is actually up to.”
Ken started out his career as a reporter back in December 2010 with RSN.org. He worked there until August 2017, before joining The Daily Beast as a contributor in September of the same year. Meanwhile, Ken Klippenstein started working for TYT Network after leaving Daily Beast in September 2018.
The following month, in October of 2018, Ken got promoted to Senior Investigative Reporter at the TYT. He served in the position up until January 2020, before working at The Nation as a DC correspondent. He eventually joined The Intercept as a full-time reporter in January 2021 before leaving the company to start KLIPNEWS.
Social media
Ken Klippenstein has an Instagram account with the handle @kenklipp, where he has over 34.2K followers and about 379 posts. He also has an X account, @kenklippenstein, where he has over 509.9K Followers