Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker, who is overseeing pre-trial hearings for Luigi Mangione, is married to a former Pfizer executive and holds hundreds of thousands of dollars in stock, including in healthcare companies and pharmaceutical companies, according to her 2023 financial disclosures.

The judge’s ties to the healthcare business are a stark reminder of how pervasive the for-profit industry is in American life — a point made by Mangione himself.

Parker’s husband, Bret Parker, left Pfizer in 2010, where he served as Vice President and assistant general counsel after holding the same titles at Wyeth, a pharmaceutical manufacturer purchased by Pfizer. According to Parker’s disclosures, her husband Bret still collects a pension from his time at Pfizer in the form of a Senior Executive Retirement Plan, or SERP.

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[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Good thing that yalebro's not the Adjuster, then. Sucks to suck that he's the one on the hook, but you'll never see me going to bat for someone who fixed their face against my folks. "First they came for" does not apply to moneyed up Ivy League techbros.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 11 points 5 days ago

I've been saying this the entire time. It's not him but he still doesn't deserve to get railroaded