{"id":114422,"date":"2024-10-15T13:29:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114422"},"modified":"2024-10-15T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T06:29:49","slug":"man-arrested-near-trump-rally-denies-he-was-trying-to-assassinate-the-former-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114422","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested near Trump rally denies he was trying to assassinate the former president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Vem Miller, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/man-booked-on-suspicion-of-firearms-charges-near-trump-rally-221634629913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">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<p class=\"\">\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<p class=\"\">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<p class=\"\">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<p class=\"\">\u201cWe do know that he showed up with multiple IDs, an unlicensed, unregistered vehicle with fake plates and weapons and ammunition,\u201d Bianco said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/riverside-county-sheriff-arrest-near-trump-rally-may-have-prevented-attack\/3535347\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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<p class=\"\">Federal law enforcement officials have said they are investigating the incident but have not filed charges against Miller. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\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<p class=\"\">A federal law enforcement official said there is no indication that there was an attempt to assassinate Trump.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_medium__OMa6x\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241014-Vem-Miller-vl-632p-ad6e86.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241014-Vem-Miller-vl-632p-ad6e86.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241014-Vem-Miller-vl-632p-ad6e86.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241014-Vem-Miller-vl-632p-ad6e86.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2024-10\/241014-Vem-Miller-vl-632p-ad6e86.jpg\" alt=\"Vem Miller.\" height=\"1050\" width=\"2000\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Vem Miller.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">America Happens<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">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<p class=\"\">\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\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">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<p class=\"\">\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<p class=\"\">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\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">\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<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline-contributors articleBylineContainer\">\n<div class=\"expanded-byline article-expanded-byline\" data-activity-map=\"expanded-byline-article-bottom\">\n<div class=\"byline-thumbnail byline-thumbnail--has-image expanded-byline__thumbnail\" data-testid=\"byline-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/julia-ainsley-ncpn796096\"><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/newscms\/2023_50\/3632767\/231213-julia-ainsley-se-211p.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2023_50\/3632767\/231213-julia-ainsley-se-211p.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2023_50\/3632767\/231213-julia-ainsley-se-211p.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"\/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline-name expanded-byline__name\" data-testid=\"byline-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/julia-ainsley-ncpn796096\">Julia Ainsley<\/a><\/span><span class=\"byline-social expanded-byline__social\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline__bio-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"byline-bio expanded-byline__bio\">Julia Ainsley is the homeland security correspondent for NBC News and covers the Department of Homeland Security for the NBC News Investigative Unit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline article-expanded-byline\" data-activity-map=\"expanded-byline-article-bottom\"><span class=\"byline-thumbnail byline-thumbnail--no-image expanded-byline__thumbnail\" data-testid=\"byline-thumbnail\"\/><span class=\"byline-name expanded-byline__name\" data-testid=\"byline-name\">Alex Rozier, NBC Los Angeles<\/span><span class=\"byline-social expanded-byline__social\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline__bio-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"byline-bio expanded-byline__bio\">Alex Rozier is a reporter for NBC Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chloe Atkins<!-- --> and <!-- -->Andrew Blankstein<!-- --> <!-- -->contributed<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/man-arrested-trump-rally-denies-was-trying-assassinate-former-presiden-rcna175296\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vem Miller, the man arrested near former President Donald Trump\u2019s rally Saturday in Coachella, California, denied in an online video Monday that he was trying to assassinate Trump.\u00a0 Miller, 49, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=114422\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}