the set of the film rust last year. he says he doesn t believe he or anyone else will face criminal charges from the incident which killed photographer elaina hutchins but calls it a tragic episode that s taken years off his life and cost him professionally. reporter: ten months in, and confusion still persists over the sequence of events that led to a deadly shooting on the set of rust. this week an fbi report concluded this gun could not be fired without the trigger being pulled while the gun was cocked, and eventually malfunctioned after internal parts fractured. in his first interview with cnn, alec baldwin denies pulling the trigger. i never once said, never, 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. reporter: while waiting for the results of the santa fe
the ultimate responsibility, so beyond criminal aspects, there will be civil aspects involved, originally he was trying to be close to the husband and family, that apparently according to reports has soured and of course there is whether there is enough insurance, but there are insurance policies and clearly he is at extreme risk. for several reasons he thinks being in the public eye will help him. sometimes it does, rights, we have a history of celebrities getting away, liberal celebrities getting away with things, but this is i think so horrific and so unconscionable and his attitude is so remarkable that i don t think that any jury is going to be able to accept just him being famous as being the excuse. sean: carly, do you see a lawsuit coming? you know what, i do. and his explanation about what happened with the gun is the only thing, i think what he is trying to say is that he pulled the hammer back, but never
else will face criminal charges for the shooting, and cnn s chloe melas reports. reporter: ten months in and confusion still persists over the sequence of events that led to a deadly shooting on the set of rust. this week an fbi report concluded this gun could not be fired without the trigger being pulled while the gun was cocked and eventually malfunctioned after internal parts fractured. in his first interview with cnn alec baldwin denies pulling the trigger. i never once said, never, 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. reporter: while waiting for the results of the santa fe county sheriff s office investigation, baldwin said he hired his own investigator. that private investigator as you probably know did not have a difficult time accessing the staff of the sheriff s department, and that person told us, quote, unqu
not be made to fire without a pull of the trigger when enough pressure was applied to the trigger, each of these safety positions were overcome and the hammer fell. in other words, i don t care how much you pull that hammer back, it s not going to fire the gun. your thoughts. hey, trace. good to see you. you re right. alec baldwin is a great actor, a wonderful family man, but he shouldn t be a lawyer. he s flat out wrong about this. he is saying by the way, he said previously, too, that he pulled that he did not pull the trigger. right? now this report comes out saying that he had to have pulled the trigger. that clearly suggested that he wasn t telling the truth. why is that important? trace, what that does is it potentially brings a charge of obstruction of justice in this case. and that is borne out by the fact also that the feds are
in his first interview with cnn, alec baldwin denies pulling the trigger. i never once said, never, 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. reporter: while waiting for the results of the santa fe county sheriff s office investigation, baldwin said he hired his own investigator. that private investigator as you probably know did not have a difficult time accessing the staff of the sheriff s department and that person told us quote unquote, we ve known in the department since january that alec would not be charged with a crime. reporter: a sentiment echoed by his attorney. do you think that there is a possibility, though, that he could face charges at all? it would be a huge miscarriage of justice. reporter: but the then president fanned flames against him. the former president of the united states said he probably sh