This is obviously not serious to anyone (even him). His legal advise should be not to talk at all.
Yes
I guess they are trying to establish a narrative
After weeks have passed since the shooting, I'm guessing this is what his lawyer told him to say.
Get it out there that he claims to be innocent, and begin to talk about presumption of innocence.
A faithful liberal media now has an “obligation” when reporting on the “incident” to say “Mr. Baldwin strongly denies any wrongdoing and will vigorously defend himself against anyone that suggest otherwise.”
With Baldwin's claim of innocence, it will now be the responsibility of the prosecutor to prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Baldwin did, in fact, pull the trigger.
There will probably be witnesses of the event that will testify they saw the gun in Baldwin's hand, heard the report of what sounded like a gun, and saw the director fall - but they did not actually see the actor “pull the trigger.” The way his hand was wrapped around the pistol grip, from where they were standing, and because of the lighting - no, they can't say for sure they actually saw his finger move that 1/32nd of an inch.
The prosecutor will bring in 10 expert paid witnesses to testify a mechanical failure of the revolver could not have caused the gun to fire.
And the defense will bring in 11 expert paid witnesses to testify that under such and such a condition, the gun could have failed in the open position resulting in the incident. The gun manufacturer is responsible.
This is the beginning of reasonable doubt in the minds of a group of Baldwin's California peers.