an injustice senior justice correspondent ivan perez. he s covering the hearing for us in fort pierce, florida, just north of palm beach oven, you were inside the court today. how to judge cannon handle today s important hearing? well, if this was a very unusual hearing in the first place, and judge cannon had some very sharp questions for the government, for the prosecution she questioned the prosecutor s about what specific actions the attorney general, merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically and personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other of people who worked for him. here in fort pierce and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys, emil bove beauvais said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government. the argument that they were making here today, wolf, was that j
actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume
can run to montana and pretend that he is just an actor in a wild west movie. but in real life, he cannot escape the fact that he had a major role in a tragedy which had real life consequences for helena. cnn s chloe melas explains how prosecutors got here. so my only question is, am i being charged with something? baldwin no longer accused after new mexico prosecutors made a stunning announcement thursday quote. new facts were revealed that demand further investigation and forensic analysis. we therefore will be dismissing the involuntary manslaughter charges against mr baldwin to conduct further investigation. baldwin reacted on instagram, posting a photo of his wife saying, quote i owe everything i have to this woman into you, luke, his attorney, you were in the room when the lady wants the gun. yeah baldwin admitted to holding the gun that fired a bullet killing helena hutchins, the cinematographer on baldwin s film rust, but told police he did not know he was handed a
the cinematographer on baldwin s film rust, but told police he did not know he was handed a loaded gun. baldwin resumes filming on rust this week with production moved to montana. this was baldwin last year. someone is responsible. for what happened and i can t say who that is, but i know it s not me. the dismissal is a win for baldwin s legal team, which challenged the motives and politics of one of the original prosecutors. it doesn t matter if he s a liberal democrat, and i m a conservative republican. my job has always been to prosecute crimes. in february, baldwin s lawyers filed a motion to remove special prosecutor andrea riebe, who at the time of the investigation, was running for state representative in new mexico. male later revealed in the new york times report suggested being involved in the case. quote might help in my campaign both read and the district attorney who hired her ultimately recused themselves. their replacements dropped the charges against baldwin, his
this stage. they say as soon as a statement is available they will make us aware. at this stage we have no reason for these charges being dropped. these are the criminal charges being faced by both alec baldwin and the armourer hannah gutierrez reed. he, alec baldwin, and the producers of the film rust of which he is one, pay several civil suits including one from lena hutchens family in ukraine, her mother and sister, who are suing them. there has been an 18th month hiatus with several civil lawsuits have been filed. one came from a husband and young son, that was settled in october 2022 and matthew hutchins, husband, is now an executive producer on the film of rust rust, etc resume in montana today. a number of the civil cases, one was filmed also given by the script supervisor who made the initial call to the emergency services,