[Responsibility2nd]

Charged again? How many times are they gonna charge him?

What’s going on here?

[EvilCapitalist]

He’ll never see a day behind bars.

[IYAS9YAS]

What’s going on here?

From the article: After special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason J. Lewis took over the case, they announced in April that they were dropping charges against Baldwin citing “new facts” in the case. They also said they reserved the right to re-charge him.

Two months later, the prosecutors wrote in a court filing that the gun had been sent to an independent expert for further testing.

“The charges against Alec Baldwin were dismissed without prejudice because a possible malfunction of the gun significantly affects causation with regard to Baldwin, not with regard to Gutierrez. If it is determined that the gun did not malfunction, charges against Mr. Baldwin will proceed,” they wrote.

Looks like the results of the independent testing are in and that the firearm functioned perfectly. That is to say it only fired due to pulling the trigger.

[verum ago]

Charged again? How many times are they gonna charge him?

What’s going on here?

Going off memory (so take with a grain of salt) and my own speculation: his initial defense was that the gun went off on its own. Problem is, it was discovered that the gun was damaged by the FBI's examination and was also modified from factory condition, which would give his defense team a good measure of "reasonable doubt" as to the prosecution's assertion that he pulled the trigger. Therefore, they dropped the charge so as not to risk losing at trial and being unable to try him again (double jeopardy) while the gun was examined further.

Sometime this past summer or fall, a new forensic examination of the gun was completed, which established that the trigger did indeed have to have been pulled for it to be discharged, notwithstanding any modifications or damage. So, now being able to overcome his "I didn't pull the trigger" defense, they refiled the charge.

[Moltke]

Charged again? How many times are they gonna charge him?

More times than a fleet of Teslas on a cold Chicago winter night.

[TribalPrincess2U]

They found out he said hi to DT back when D was a D and in with celebs at one time back then.