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defense pointing at the armorer and saying, that was the person who was responsible, ladies and gentlemen, of the jury, not the actor whose job is nothing to do with guns and bullets or anything like that. he was handed a gun and assured it was safe. how could he possibly have been consciously disregarding a known risk? that is, i think, some version of what you will see the defense say. danny and andrew, his dog, and vaughn, thanks to all of you. we love the dog. no comment. the president staying quiet. more information comes to light about the classified documents that were found at his home and former office. you are watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. (cecily) what s up, einstein? (einstein) my network has gone kaput! (cecily) oh, you tried to save a buck on it? (einstein) i got what i paid for. not so smart. (cecily) nah, you re still a genius. but, there is a smarter way to save. (einstein) oh?! (cecily) switch to verizon! for a limited time, get welcome unlimited fo
i do think that to danny s point, that the d.a. s comments suggest a real lack of understanding of intent. the d.a. said, but for alec baldwin s actions, this tragedy wouldn t have happened. but that s not the standard for criminal law. it s not a question of but for. it s whether the person acted with the necessary intent to do this. there s a real difference between alec baldwin and the person whose job it was to make sure this wasn t a live gun with ammunition in it. to that point, the armorer i misspoke. she had one film to her credit. that s still not a lot of experience on a film like this. was she more vulnerable? normally, you might see a motion by alec baldwin to sever the case, maybe this is a case where you don t do that. maybe the defense keeps her in the case and makes part of their
good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. following the stunning breaking news from new mexico. the state district attorney announcing criminal charges against actor alec baldwin and the armorer hannah gutierrez for their roles in the death of the cinematographer during the filming of rust in 2021. joining me now for the latest legal analysis, vaughn hillyard, andrew weissmann and danny cervalis. what are you hearing, vaughn, with all this breaking news? reporter: these are serious charges that have been levied against not only alec baldwin but hannah gutierrez. in the case of alec baldwin, there are two counts. the first is up to 18 months in jail. that second count, because he is the individual who handled and
i don t see anything that he said that could really be used against him that would hurt him. it s not like donald trump where there s been people like me and many others who said that his statements are quite damaging if there is to be a case with respect to mar-a-lago. i do agree with danny. this is a crash course for the public on intent as it relates to criminal charges. the way i look at this is, given the industry practice, is it really so negligent or unreasonable for sorry. i have a very talkative dog. is it so unreasonable for alec baldwin to have assumed that there wouldn t be a real gun with live ammunition in it and that when he hired people that they would not do their job? that s really going to be a fact issue for the jury here.