{"id":51158,"date":"2022-08-20T15:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T15:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alec-baldwin-feared-trump-comments-on-rust-shooting-would-inspire-violence-against-him\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T15:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T15:01:55","slug":"alec-baldwin-feared-trump-comments-on-rust-shooting-would-inspire-violence-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alec-baldwin-feared-trump-comments-on-rust-shooting-would-inspire-violence-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Alec Baldwin feared Trump comments on &#8216;Rust&#8217; shooting would inspire &#8216;violence&#8217; against him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--syndicated\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__header\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__logo\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>During an exclusive CNN interview, actor Alec Baldwin stated that the \u201conly time\u201d he was \u201cworried\u201d about the consequences of the fatal \u201cRust\u201d movie set shooting, was after former President Donald Trump weighed in on the tragedy. <\/p>\n<p>Implying that his physical safety was in danger, Baldwin claimed that Trump had \u201cinstructed people to commit acts of violence\u201d on January 6, and now \u201che was pointing fingers at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN \u201cNew Day\u201d aired Baldwin&#8217;s interview with CNN entertainment reporter Chloe Melas on Friday, where they discussed the fallout from the tragic shooting on the Hollywood set of the movie \u201cRust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin maintained during his interview that he didn&#8217;t pull the trigger, telling Melas, \u201cI never once said \u2013 never \u2013 that the gun went off in my hand automatically.  I always said I pulled the hammer back, and I pulled it back as far as I could.  I never took a gun and pointed it at somebody and clicked the thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baldwin also noted that he hired his own private investigator to look into the alleged accident, who was assured by the sheriff&#8217;s department that he would not be charged over the \u201cRust\u201d shooting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-03.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The 'Rust' movie set in New Mexico.\" class=\"wp-image-23536607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Alec Baldwin told CNN that the gun automatically went off in his hands.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP\/Jae C. Hong<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThat private investigator, as you probably know, did not have a difficult time accessing the staff of the sheriff&#8217;s department and that person told us, quote, unquote, &#8216;We have known in the department since January that Alec would not be charged with a crime,&#8217;\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Melas spoke to Baldwin&#8217;s attorney, who insisted that if Baldwin were charged with a crime over the shooting, it would be a \u201chuge miscarriage of justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN claimed Trump antagonized the actor, stating, \u201cbut the then-president fanned flames against him.\u201d  (Though Trump had been out of office for nearly a year by this point.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The 'Rust' movie set in New Mexico\" class=\"wp-image-23536654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Alec Baldwin&#8217;s private investigator claimed that the sheriff&#8217;s department would not have charged him with a crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Baldwin described to Melas how he was victimized by Trump over the shooting.  \u201cThe former President of the United States said, &#8216;He probably shot her on purpose.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He then implied that Trump was physically endangering him because he had allegedly done the same to his political enemies on January 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me [that] was the only time I thought that I needed \u2013 that I was worried what was going to happen.  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,\u201d Baldwin said.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline Hollywood reported last November that Trump stopped just short of accusing Baldwin of purposefully shooting Hutchins, openly pondering, \u201cmaybe he loaded it.\u201d  As The Hill noted, the former president added, \u201che had something to do with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-05.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Halyna Hutchins is seen in a memorial\" class=\"wp-image-23538040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died on set after being shot by a prop gun being used by Alec Baldwin.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anadolu Agency via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"738\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-08.jpg?resize=738%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump\" class=\"wp-image-23536928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1476 1476w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1107 1107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=738 738w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=369 369w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/baldwin-trump-rust-08.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Alec Baldwin was worried that Donald Trump would physically harm him after speaking about the shooting.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As Fox Digital reported, during filming on October 21, \u201ca gun Alec Baldwin was holding discharged during a rehearsal for the film, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.\u201d  Since the shooting, Baldwin has maintained that the shooting was an accident and that the supposed prop gun had fired off live rounds without him pulling the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>Last December, he stated, \u201cThe trigger wasn&#8217;t pulled.  I didn&#8217;t pull the trigger.\u201d  Though an FBI investigation revealed that \u201cthe gun used on the New Mexico movie set could not have been fired without the trigger being pulled.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Scrutiny fell upon the \u201cRust\u201d set&#8217;s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, as to why a gun with live rounds was passed to Baldwin during filming.  Gutierrez-Reed has since sued Seth Kenney, \u201cthe man who provided the prop ammunition used by the production team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gutierrez- Reed&#8217;s lawyers have had the Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sheriff&#8217;s Department for not clearing up the question of where the live rounds came from.  It has \u201cmade a conscious decision not to pursue this question at all by refusing to ask the FBI to test any of the rounds for fingerprints or DNA,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an exclusive CNN interview, actor Alec Baldwin stated that the \u201conly time\u201d he was \u201cworried\u201d about the consequences of the fatal \u201cRust\u201d movie set shooting, was after former President Donald Trump weighed in on the tragedy. Implying that his physical safety was in danger, Baldwin claimed that Trump had \u201cinstructed people to commit acts &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alec-baldwin-feared-trump-comments-on-rust-shooting-would-inspire-violence-against-him\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alec Baldwin feared Trump comments on &#8216;Rust&#8217; shooting would inspire &#8216;violence&#8217; against him<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[15866,2719,109,327,700],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50856,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/alec-baldwin-says-he-worried-about-safety-after-trumps-comments-deadline\/","url_meta":{"origin":51158,"position":0},"title":"Alec Baldwin Says He Worried About Safety After Trump&#8217;s Comments \u2013 Deadline","date":"August 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Alec Baldwin told CNN that he worried about his own safety after comments made by former President Donald Trump in the aftermath of the shooting on the set of rust. 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