Not An Assassination Attempt? Man Arrested At Trump’s Rally Says Assassination Attempt Claims Are False

As the WLT Report previously reported, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco reported deputies of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office thwarted a “possible assassination attempt” against Trump.

The Orange County Register has interviewed Vem Miller, the man arrested at Trump’s rally for allegedly illegally possessing guns and who Bianco claims was a danger to Trump.

Vem Miller, the man who was arrested, has since been released on a $5,000 bond and has said he is “shocked” that people are claiming he attempted to assassinate Trump, whom he supports.

Miller added, “These accusations are complete bull—t.”

Miller also shared he’s a Trump caucus captain.

Seems like this WAS NOT an asssassination attempt.

Still need more details

Considering what happened with Routh it's important to consider the possibilities while remaining skeptical
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— Tim Pool (@Timcast) October 13, 2024

It wasn't an assassination attempt. https://t.co/qjOYYt93iD

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) October 13, 2024

Per The OC Register:

A Las Vegas man was arrested with guns and fake I.D.s about a half mile from Trump’s campaign rally in Coachella Valley, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said Sunday. But while the sheriff called the arrest a thwarted assassination attempt, the man told a reporter he is a Trump supporter who bought the guns for his own safety and notified police at a checkpoint that they were in the trunk of his car.

Deputies assigned to Trump’s rally said the driver, Vem Miller, rolled up in a black SUV to a checkpoint at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive around 5 p.m. on Saturday. He was found to be in illegal possession of a shotgun, loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine, Bianco said. He added that Miller’s car had a fake license plate and was unregistered.

Bianco told the Southern California News Group on Sunday that he believes Miller — who he said is a member of a right-leaning anti-government group — planned to kill Trump and that deputies thwarted the plan when Miller presented a fake VIP pass at a checkpoint. He said they also found he had multiple phony IDs.

“They were different enough to cause the deputies alarm,” Bianco said. “We probably stopped another assassination attempt.”

Miller, in an interview with Southern California News Group on Sunday, said he was “shocked” that he was arrested and accused of trying to harm Trump, who he supports.

“These accusations are complete bull—t,” Miller said. “I’m an artist, I’m the last person that would cause any violence and harm to anybody.”

A Trump caucus captain, Miller said he received a special invitation to the Coachella Valley rally from the head of Clark County’s Republican Party. Donning a Trump shirt and hat, the 49-year-old said he reached a checkpoint prior to entering the event parking lot and told a deputy he was lawfully carrying firearms in his trunk – as a courtesy.

He was asked to pull over and step out of the car before he was handcuffed and had his vehicle “ransacked” after a deputy said he wanted to retrieve the gun’s serial numbers to confirm they were lawfully purchased.

Miller said he bought the firearms in 2022 for protection after he started receiving death threats. He had never fired them and said he was unfamiliar with the difference between Nevada and California’s gun laws.

He also said he had a “special entry pass.”

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Miller said he was never told why he was being apprehended. Roughly eight hours after being detained, he said he was finally given the opportunity to call a lawyer and recounted his experience on the phone in front of an FBI agent and member of the Secret Service, who were there to interview him. He was later told by deputies that interview had been called off.

Miller is a registered Republican who holds a master’s degree from UCLA, and who ran for state assembly in Nevada in 2022. He lost in the primary.

He told the Las Vegas Review-Journal at the time that he was running because “this country has been taken over by tyranny.” He said he supported more electric car manufacturing in Nevada and solar energy but also would want to focus on election security issues if he had been elected to office, including strengthening voter ID laws and implementing paper ballots again.

Miller also runs The America Happens Network, whose motto is “Rage against the mainstream media.”

The more we learn, the more it seems Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco was either wrong or straight up LYING about a possible third ass*ssination attempt on Trump

In a text message to Epoch Times, the Sheriff said Vem Miller told police he wanted to “k*ll the President.”

But… pic.twitter.com/VkT1IXXNGb

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 13, 2024