He tried to enter with a fake VIP pass. He pretended to be a journalist. He belongs to far-right groups. He was released after posting $5,000 bail.
Vem Miller, 49, of Las Vegas, was arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Coachella, California. He was armed with a rifle and a loaded pistol. US police arrested him as he arrived in a black SUV near the rally. The crime charged is illegal possession of a firearm and a high-capacity magazine. He was later released on bail. He is due in court on November 2. Miller attempted to enter the rally by presenting a fake VIP pass. He is a registered Republican voter and has declared himself a member of far-right groups.
5 thousand dollars
Miller posted $5,000 bond to be released. In 2022, he ran in the primary for a seat in the Nevada State Legislature, but was unsuccessful. During his candidacy, he declared to the Las Vegas Review Journal who had decided to run to “save the country from tyranny”. Manage the site The America Happens Networkwhose motto is “Anger against dominant information”.
His presentation on Linkedin: “I have worked for more than twenty years as an investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and producer. I saw our rights taken away as government power grew, I saw small businesses and the middle class crushed. Politicians who act like dictators. I also saw how money power flows through politics and how the political class no longer works for We the People. The vision of the Founding Fathers was for our politicians to be public servants and not an elite who thrive at the expense of the middle class and those who are vulnerable. »
Passports
According to initial police statements, Miller posed as a journalist, his vehicle's license plate was false and he had several passports on him. He was also a member of a group called Sovereign Citizens. “We probably avoided the third assassination attempt on Donald Trump,” said Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco. Bianco said Miller “is far-right. People who don't believe in the government, people on the margins. But that's not the point, he's a madman, whatever party he belongs to. No, I don't know the motive at this time.” One of the members of the group Miller joined, Taylor James Johnatakis, was sentenced to seven years in prison for assaulting police officers during the insurrection against Congress four years ago At his trial last year, the judge who convicted him said he was surprised by the man's lack of remorse.
The previous ones
On July 13, the tycoon was injured in Butler, Pennsylvania, after a young man, Matthew Brooks, fired a war rifle from the roof of a building. A spectator who was protecting his daughters died in the attack and two people were injured. Brooks had been killed by a Secret Service sniper. On September 15, a man was arrested after he was seen armed with a rifle outside Trump's golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, waiting to shoot the former president, who was playing golf.
Polls
At the same time, three weeks before the November 5 election, a survey highlights Kamala Harris' difficulties in collecting the most votes among black and Latin American voters. The detection of New York Times and Siena College gives him less than 60% of the votes in the Spanish community: the lowest level for a Democratic candidate in 20 years. Harris on Why does his team want him to hide? Are they afraid that people will realize that they are too weak and unstable to lead America? »
