Alec Baldwin lawyers bid to disqualify special prosecutor in Rust death case

Legal team says Andrea Reeb’s position as elected state politician prohibits her from holding authority in judicial capacity

Defense attorneys for actor Alec Baldwin are seeking to disqualify the special prosecutor in the criminal case against him stemming from the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico film set.

In a motion filed on Tuesday in a district court in Santa Fe, Baldwin’s legal team said Andrea Reeb’s position as a state politician prohibits her under state law from holding any authority in a judicial capacity.