Alec Baldwin has said he may sue a state prosecutor and sheriff over their failed attempt to prosecute him over a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust.

The case against Baldwin was thrown out by a judge after three days, based on testimony heard in court that police and prosecutors had withheld potential evidence from the defence.

The actor was holding a gun which went off on the set in New Mexico in 2021, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel…