The prosecutor in the “Rust” case against Alec Baldwin said she quit the case moments before the judge dismissed it because she was unaware until Friday that there was live ammunition relevant to the case that had not been turned over to the defense.
“Something went horribly wrong here,” prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson said, interviewed by NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Friday night. “My ethical obligations were that I advocate for dismissal.”
Baldwin’s trial for manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was dismissed Friday after it emerged that police and prosecutors deliberately withheld evidence of live bullets from the defense team.
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