{"id":2871,"date":"2024-10-14T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/?p=2871"},"modified":"2024-10-14T16:42:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:42:24","slug":"man-arrested-near-trump-rally-on-gun-charges-deeply-admires-ex-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/man-arrested-near-trump-rally-on-gun-charges-deeply-admires-ex-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested near Trump rally on gun charges \u2018deeply admires\u2019 ex-president"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man arrested on gun possession charges near a Donald Trump rally in California on Saturday, spurring significant safety concerns, said that he was a major supporter of the former US president and would never harm him.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I\u2019m 100% a Trump supporter,\u201d the man, Vem Miller, told Fox News Digital<\/a> in an interview. Miller, 49, denied the local sheriff\u2019s allegation that he was bringing weapons to Trump\u2019s event to kill him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a man that I deeply admire,\u201d the Las Vegas resident also said. He claimed to be a registered Republican and \u201call-in\u201d with the Republican presidential candidate since 2018.<\/p>\n

Miller was not able to get anywhere near Trump. Law enforcement agencies \u2013including the Riverside, California, sheriff\u2019s office, Secret Service and the Los Angeles US attorney \u2013 said that Trump was not in any danger.<\/p>\n

While authorities said that Trump had been safe, the incident came in the wake of two assassination attempts, fanning the flames of fear over his safety. During a presser on Sunday, the Riverside county sheriff Chad Bianco claimed<\/a>: \u201cI truly do believe we prevented another assassination attempt,\u201d stoking concerns still more.<\/p>\n

Miller was taken into custody at a checkpoint at approximately a half-mile from an entrance to Trump\u2019s Coachella Valley campaign stop, shortly before it was scheduled to start. Authorities claimed that Miller was in possession of a loaded shotgun and handgun, as well as a high-capacity magazine.<\/p>\n

Miller was arrested before Trump arrived at the site, according to KTLA<\/a>. He was released from jail on $5,000 bail shortly after his arrest, according to police records.<\/p>\n

Bianco said that Miller caught the attention of law enforcement after he managed to access the initial perimeter near Trump\u2019s campaign stop. Bianco cited visual \u201cirregularities\u201d, noting that Miller\u2019s SUV was not registered and had an \u201cobviously\u201d fake license plate.<\/p>\n

A sheriff\u2019s deputy \u201ceventually found multiple passports with multiple names and multiple driver\u2019s licenses with different names\u201d, Fox 5 News quoted<\/a> Bianco as saying.<\/p>\n

Bianco claimed that Miller, who two years ago ran for Nevada\u2019s state assembly, was a \u201csovereign citizen\u201d. The sovereign citizens do not think they must abide any government laws without consent, and this movement is considered extremist and right wing.<\/p>\n

Miller told Fox News Digital that he had firearms due to death threats over his website America Happens Network. \u201cI don\u2019t know anything about guns. I am beyond a novice,\u201d he said. The website claims it intends to fight censorship and \u201crage against the mainstream media\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always travel around with my firearms in the back of my truck,\u201d Miller said, nonetheless insisting: \u201cI\u2019ve literally never even shot a gun in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller also slammed Bianco\u2019s claim that he was among the \u201csovereign citizen\u201d movement, saying: \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s such a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment is an inanimate object, it\u2019s the individuals within government that matter, so no, I\u2019m not a part of any of that,\u201d he reportedly said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese accusations are complete bullshit,\u201d Miller told<\/a> the Press-Enterprise. \u201cI\u2019m an artist, I\u2019m the last person that would cause any violence and harm to anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller also released his own video, \u201cbecause of the false information that is currently being released by the police department\u201d, and said that his website was focused on protecting freedom of press and speech.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we are currently, and we have been, for closely eight years staunch supporters of President Donald Trump, we don\u2019t align ourselves with any political party except for one that supports our freedoms \u2026 and gets rid of the tyranny of corrupt politicians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Donald Trump has been near and dear to our hearts because he\u2019s one of the only individuals that I\u2019ve seen have the courage to actually stand up to the tyranny against we the people,\u201d Miller continued, referring to the preamble to the US constitution.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A man arrested on gun possession charges near a Donald Trump rally in California on Saturday, spurring significant safety concerns, said that he was a major supporter of the former US president and would never harm him. \u201cYes, I\u2019m 100% a Trump supporter,\u201d the man, Vem Miller, told Fox News Digital in an interview. Miller<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-election-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_guardian_765\/2026938870055977c7290fc3da812e75","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2878,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2871\/revisions\/2878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}