Donald Trump targeted in third ‘assassination attempt’ as gunman who ‘wanted to kill the President’ arrested near rally
DONALD Trump was targeted in a third assassination attempt with a gunman saying he wanted to “kill the president”, sheriffs said.
Vem Miller, a 49-year-old resident of Las Vegas was arrested by cops about a mile from Saturday’s rally in Coachella, California, and taken into custody without incident.
Riverside County Sheriff believes Miller planned to kill Trump before he was stopped at a checkpoint driving a black SUV, the Southern California News Group reported.
They believe Miller to be part of a right-wing anti-government group with documents showing the suspect was a registered Republican, the news outlet claimed.
Sheriff Chad Bianco said: “We probably stopped another assassination attempt.”
Along with the guns, Miller also had a high-capacity magazine and fake press and VIP passes on him.
Bianco said about the passes: “They were different enough to cause the deputies alarm.”
Miller was charged with two misdemeanours: carrying a loaded firearm and a large capacity magazine.
Riverside County Sheriffs said the incident did not impact the safety of the Republican nominee.
Miller was released from a detention centre Sunday on $5,000 bail.
Bianco said Miller considers himself a ‘sovereign citizen’, a group who do not believe they are subject to laws unless they consent to them.
He ran for state assembly in Nevada in 2022 but lost.
Trump spoke to a crowd of several thousand at the rally which was being held at Calhoun Ranch in Riverside County.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco also spoke at the rally.
Speakers were forced to stand behind bulletproof glass at the rally due to the previous two attempts on Trump’s life earlier this year.
Just over a week ago Trump returned to the scene of the first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump pledged never to quit, “not even in the face of death itself”.
He joked: “A very big thank you to Pennsylvania.
“We love Pennsylvania, and as I was saying…”
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