Alec Baldwin tells Chris Cuomo he did NOT pull trigger on Rust set

A frustrated Alec Baldwin insisted he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his movie Rust, claiming again that the faulty gun fired on its own and that the 'only' question to ask is who put a live bullet in the stunt weapon.

Baldwin is awaiting a decision from prosecutors in New Mexico who must decide whether or not he should be criminally charged over the accident that occurred last October.

They are yet to make a ruling, and are now no doubt weighing a damning FBI report released last week that said the gun could not have possible gone off without Baldwin deliberately firing it.

In an interview with Chris Cuomo on his new YouTube show, The Chris Cuomo Project, the actor said he'd grown tired of waiting for a decision from prosecutors, but that he has been told by his attorney not to push for one.

The interview appears to have been filmed before the FBI report was made public but it was only published on Tuesday morning.

Baldwin and Cuomo — who is making a comeback after being fired by CNN last year — commiserated over what they described as an unfair and possessed media that is hell-bent on destroying them, with Baldwin taking special aim at The New York Post and 'anything [Rupert] Murdoch' [owned].

'I used to think the Post was something cops would read for the sports page... but I was surprised to learn some of the people who read the Post.'

He gave a strange example to make his point.

'If George Bush's mother Barbara fell through the ice on a pond and I waded into the pond and saved life, they'd say I groped her. They'd say I squeezed her breast while I was pulling her out of the pond.

'It doesn't matter what you do - the ones that are out to get you are out to get you,' he said.

'These people hate liberals that can throw a punch — rhetorically.'

Baldwin went on to say that while he is frustrated by what has happened, the 'real' victim is Hutchins.... (Read more)

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