Judge Rejects Alec Baldwin’s Move to Drop Case Due to Damaged Gun

A judge has rejected Alec Baldwin‘s argument that his case should be thrown out because the FBI destroyed his Colt .45 revolver during testing.

The ruling keeps Baldwin on track to face a trial on July 9 in Santa Fe, N.M., on the charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin is accused of negligently pointing the revolver at Hutchins while working to set up a shot.

He has denied pulling the trigger, though the state intends to show that the gun could only have fired if the trigger was pulled.

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