Now we bring in Leo Terrell,
civil rights attorney and Fox News contributor who's been watching
this case closely as well.
Leo, I'd like to start,
if I may, with this sound bite from Steve Wolfe
on on this program on November 16th after Alec Baldwin
claimed that he would never and did not pull the
trigger. Here's what this weapons expert had to say.
Watch. That would be contrary to my opinion and that
of the FBI.
The the reason that I think he could think that
though is that because on these these single action guns,
it's such a short trigger press to activate it.
So if he was just holding his finger on the
trigger,
not aware that he had moved it that tiny bit,
and then he pulled the hammer back and released it,
the gun would fire.
Leo, what's your reaction to all this today?
Welcome. I remember that. I remember that interview you had
with him.
And I'll tell you right now that is the strongest
piece of evidence.
What Alex Baldwin did was go on.
George Stephanopoulos was the worst decision ever made.
That was malpractice. Never should have made that admission.
And if I was a prosecutor,
that statement by Alec Baldwin,
as far as whether or not he actually pulled the
trigger and his admission that he didn't,
I think there's a credibility issue on that issue alone.
So I think in my opinion,
that is his biggest problem right now,
Martha. Let me ask you about this.
FBI testing the weapon, right?
And it sounds like they were pretty pretty rough with
this very crucial piece of evidence and that they tested
it.
The only way testers could get it to fire was
by striking the gun with a mallet while the hammer
was down and resting on the cartridge,
or pulling the trigger while it was fully cocked.
The gun eventually broke during testing.
Hey, I'm not sure why you wouldn't be using the
exact same gun,
a different version than the actual piece of evidence,
because now they broke the gun that was actually used
in this.
Terrible tragedy.
If I'm the attorney for Alec Baldwin,
I call in the FBI and you know who's gonna
be the star of the trial?
If there is a case,
the judge, how much of this evidence regarding the gun
replacement is going to be admissible because the gun,
the original gun is broken.
It's broken. And the FBI,
I would call in the FBI to show the court
that this expert on the part of the prosecution,
Martha, is basically guessing. And so the trial judge is
going to be very important as to what goes into
evidence before the jury.
OK, Leo, thank you very much.
Obviously this has been just an absolutely horrific.
Few years for the Hutchins family.
Terrible tragedy on this set.
And, you know, Alec Baldwin thought that this was behind
him,
this terrible incident, but now it appears it is not.
So We'll see where it goes.
Leo, thank you. As always,
good to see you. Thank you.