Alec Baldwin feared for his safety after Donald Trump commented on Rust shooting
22.08.2022 - 13:17
/ msn.com
Alec Baldwin feared for his safety after former U. S. President Donald Trump commented on the fatal shooting on the set of Rust.
Last October, the 30 Rock actor's prop gun was accidentally discharged during a rehearsal for a scene in Santa Fe, New Mexico, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. The following month, Trump called Baldwin a "troubled guy" in a radio interview, and in a recent chat with CNN, the 64-year-old recalled how he became "nervous" that the politician's comments would incite his fanbase - similar to what happened with the U. S.
Capitol attack on 6 January 2021. "The former president of the United States said (I) probably shot her on purpose. To me, (that was) the only time I thought about.
. . that I worried about what was going to happen to me.
Because here was Trump who instructed people to commit acts of violence and he was pointing the finger at me and saying I was responsible for the death," he said. "A bunch of people were instructed by the former president to go to the Capitol, and they killed a law enforcement officer. They killed somebody.
You don't think I thought to myself, 'Are some of those people going to come and kill me?'"Baldwin alleged "the trigger wasn't pulled" during a TV special that aired in December. But earlier this month, officials from the U. S.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a forensic report to ABC News in which they rejected his claim. Following "accidental discharge testing," the FBI officers concluded that the gun "could not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger". In the CNN interview, Baldwin maintained his innocence and reaffirmed his hope that he won't be held criminally responsible.
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