Judge weighs whether to compel testimony from movie armorer in Alec Baldwin trial

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Judge weighs whether to compel testimony from movie armorer in Alec Baldwin trial
Involuntary ManslaughterTestimonyHannah Gutierrez-Reed
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A judge is scheduled to consider at a whether to compel a movie set armorer to testify at actor Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial.

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Baldwin figured prominently at that previous trial, which highlighted gun-safety protocols and his authority as a co-producer and the lead actor on “Rust.” "The government took the most critical evidence in this case — the firearm — and destroyed it by repeatedly and pointlessly striking it with a mallet,” defense attorneys said in court filings. “Government agents knew that the firearm would not survive.”

At Gutierrez-Reed’s trial, an FBI expert testified the gun was fully functional with safety features when it arrived at an FBI laboratory. The expert said he had to strike the fully cocked gun with a mallet and break it for the gun to fire without depressing the trigger.

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