Alec Baldwin will likely face manslaughter charges in the fatal ‘Rust’ shooting after a new analysis supports the theory he indeed pulled the trigger when he fatally shot a person on set and wounded another.

In April, criminal charges against Alec Baldwin were dropped in New Mexico.

Earlier this year, Alec Baldwin was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.

Baldwin shot and killed 42-year-old Halyna Hutchins and injured 48-year-old Joel Souza on the movie set of ‘Rust’ in Santa Fe, New Mexico in October 2021.

Halyna Hutchins

Prosecutors requested a second analysis of the gun Alec Baldwin used.

Firearms expert Lucien Haag concluded the gun Alec Baldwin used on set had not been modified.

“Although Alec Baldwin repeatedly denies pulling the trigger, given the tests, findings and observations reported here, the trigger had to be pulled or depressed sufficiently to release the fully cocked or retracted hammer of the evidence revolver,” firearms expert Lucien Haag wrote.

“From an examination of the fired cartridge case and the operationally restored evidence revolver, this fatal incident was the consequence of the hammer being manually retracted to its fully rearward and cocked position followed, at some point, by the pull or rearward depression of the trigger,” Haag wrote.

Prosecutors say manslaughter charges against Baldwin are likely.

“Having made their displeasure on how the Rust probe was handled by local police and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies known, whether the special prosecutors now make the move to refile charges against the much-sued Baldwin remains a wildcard even with the new report. “Charges against Mr. Baldwin are being considered but a final decision has not yet been made,” said special prosecutor Morrisey on August 16 after the Haags’ graphics and photography heavy report was submitted. “We won’t be pressured by Ms. Gutierrez’s attorneys or anyone else in this regard.”” – Deadline reported.

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Destroyed Ukrainian vehicles outside Staromayorsk

 

“We simply don’t have the resources to do the frontal attacks that the West is imploring us to do,” a source told The Economist, effectively conceding that the Ukrainian “Counter-Offensive“ has failed.

The source told The Economist that Ukraine’s army “was never blind to the challenges of breaching Russian minefields and defence lines without air superiority.” That was the reason the Ukraine leadership “delayed the counter-offensive as long as it could.”

“After a disastrous start in early June, when two Western-trained brigades lost an uncomfortable number of men and equipment in minefields, the initial plans were adjusted,“ The Economist writes.

Ukraine is now trying to cut its losses, according to the reports, effectively meaning the end of the “Spring counter-offensive“ that was supposed to drive through to Crimea and the Sea of Azov, and vanquish Russia.

“We no longer plan operations that presuppose large losses,” the source told The Economist. “The emphasis is now on degrading the enemy: artillery, drones, electronic warfare and so on.”

“The grim mood is spilling over into Ukraine’s politics,” The Economist writes, noting that Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenksy may call early elections, which he had originally put on hold till after the end of the war: “The logic is that it is better for him to seek re-election while still a national hero, rather than after being forced into peace talks that might require an unpopular ceasefire or major territorial concessions.”

While many Ukrainians are doubting the war, “Peace negotiations with Russia would be an even harder sell”, The Economist believes.

However, in August “a Ukrainian sniper fighting north-west of Bakhmut made waves” by “publicly dismissing the prospect of a Ukrainian victory, “The Economist reports. “He suggested that many soldiers would now welcome a ceasefire—a notion that would once have been unthinkable.”

Ukraine’s young men are “already bearing the burden of a war that has no end in sight”, The Economist reports. “For young men, in constant danger of being served conscription papers and sent to the front, the pressure is particularly intense. Those keen to fight volunteered long ago; Ukraine is now recruiting mostly among the unwilling.”

“Everyone knows that the cost of regained territory is dead soldiers”, the founder of troop support group Cvit (Blossom) Anastasia Zamula told The Economist.  “Even hoping for success in the counter-offensive has become an act of self-destruction.”

 

Ep. 18 Into the abyss: Colonel Douglas Macgregor tells us why the Ukraine war must end now. pic.twitter.com/a3bGLvJC4s

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 21, 2023

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