Alec Baldwin s legal team claimed the prosecution violated his constitutional rights in the Rust shooting case following the resignation of a special prosecutor, whos now a Republican New Mexico state representative, Deadline reported .

Baldwin, awaiting trial on involuntary manslaughter charges related to the on-set 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins , claims that special prosecutor Andrea Reeb used her role in the investigation to advance her political career, which was a further abuse of the system and yet another violation of Mr. Baldwins constitutional rights, his lawyers wrote in a court filing.

Baldwins defense goes on to claim that the governments conduct represented a disregard of its ethical duties, and it has threatened Mr. Baldwins right to a fair trial.

Reeb, who won election to the state legislature last year, voluntarily stepped down as special prosecutor on March 14. During her campaign, she wrote to Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies that shed like to highlight that she was assisting the DA in the Rust probe and that it might help her election, according to The New York Times .

I am intending to either introduce you or send it in a press release when we get the investigation! Carmack-Altwies, who appointed Reeb as special prosecutor, reportedly wrote in response.

Along with Baldwin, former Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed faces involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins , who was shot on set in New Mexico. Both have pleaded not guilty.