{"id":2898,"date":"2024-10-15T06:46:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2024-10-15T06:46:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:46:10","slug":"man-arrested-near-trump-rally-denies-he-was-trying-to-assassinate-the-former-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/es\/man-arrested-near-trump-rally-denies-he-was-trying-to-assassinate-the-former-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested near Trump rally denies he was trying to assassinate the former president"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vem Miller, the man arrested near former President Donald Trump\u2019s rally<\/a> Saturday in Coachella, California, denied in an online video Monday that he was trying to assassinate Trump.<\/p>\n

Miller, 49, of Nevada, who was arrested on state weapons charges a quarter-mile from the rally, said he is a longtime supporter of Trump. He said that he was invited to the rally by Republican officials in Nevada and that \u201cfalse and defamatory statements have been released by the police in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Trump caucus captain. I\u2019ve collected votes for Donald Trump, and I\u2019m also a Trump team leader,\u201d Miller said in the video. \u201cIt is with that that\u00a0I decided to come to Coachella after receiving a special invitation from members of the Nevada Republican Party.\u201d<\/p>\n

NBC News was not able to verify Miller\u2019s claim that he worked as a Trump caucus captain or a Trump team leader and that he was invited to the rally.<\/p>\n

In an interview later in the day, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco stood by his statements that his deputies may have prevented a third attempt to assassinate Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do know that he showed up with multiple IDs, an unlicensed, unregistered vehicle with fake plates and weapons and ammunition,\u201d Bianco said in an interview with NBC Los Angeles<\/a>. \u201cIn the end, we found the person with all those monstrous red flags and we were able to arrest him on weapons charges and get him away from the facility before the president got there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federal law enforcement officials have said they are investigating the incident but have not filed charges against Miller.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. Secret Service assesses that the incident did not impact protective operations and former President Trump was not in any danger,\u201d Martin Estrada, the U.S. attorney for Central California, said Sunday. \u201cWhile no federal arrest has been made at this time, the investigation is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n

A federal law enforcement official said there is no indication that there was an attempt to assassinate Trump.<\/p>\n

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Vem Miller.<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Miller said that after he arrived at the rally, he was told to go toward a special entrance where there was parking. Miller said that he had two firearms in the trunk of his car but that he carries them only to defend himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne is a Glock; one is a shotgun,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u201cAnd these two firearms that I carry with me are simply for protection.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bianco dismissed Miller\u2019s claims. \u201cIf he wants to say he was an innocent victim, then he also has to say how dumb it was to come out to believe that he could do all of those and try to get into that event with guns,\u201d Bianco said. \u201cI don\u2019t care if he\u2019s a supporter of President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very proud of my deputies and everything that they did there,\u201d Bianco added. \u201cWe\u2019re not making up anything that he did; we just caught him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miller, near the end of the one-hour, 15-minute video, accused local law enforcement officials of \u201cslandering my name as a potential assassin.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, that is just absolutely insane, absolutely insane,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd so, I end this with saying that everything you\u2019ve heard coming from these police departments is an absolute lie. Everything I have told you is 100% true. And verifiable by the evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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