Luigi Mangione, who’s suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, could have been an enormous fan of Unabomber Ted Kaczynski‘s manifesto … however did not let on to his buddies about this.

We caught up with RJ Martin, a pal of Mangione’s, on “TMZ Stay” Tuesday … the place he recounted studying Kaczynski’s manifesto, also referred to as ‘Industrial Society and Its Future,’ of their ebook membership a pair years in the past.

As RJ put it … he and one other member “half-jokingly” urged they provide the controversial work a go for one in every of their reads — however famous most members of the membership struggled to get by the primary couple chapters.

Whereas RJ mentioned the group had “a energetic dialog” in regards to the manifesto, he didn’t bear in mind Mangione being significantly moved by the fabric.

He added … “I did not detect any particular ardour concerning the manifesto. We learn all types of various books. In our group textual content chat, we had loads of nice conversations — and there have been all types of issues we discovered fascinating.”

RJ emphasised that “nothing stood out about studying that ebook” when it got here to Mangione.

Nevertheless, the fabric did appear to resonate with Mangione … later giving the manifesto a 4-star assessment on Goodreads, praising it as an “attention-grabbing” learn.

Nonetheless, RJ is unconvinced his pal might be able to the violence he is accused of, including … “The Luigi I do know may’ve by no means murdered somebody. It is simply inconceivable.”