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Also carrying several passports with different names and had a homemade license plate on his

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vehicle. I will say that if they do, with multiple weapons, including he also allegedly had fake credentials. The sheriff here says he believes question. Why?

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News that this Ben Miller arrested while trying to enter Saturday's Trump campaign rally in the Coachella Valley.

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I truly do believe that we prevented another assassination attempt. The Riverside County

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Sheriff's Department says Miller was stopped at a checkpoint when deputies discovered a loaded handgun for the high capacity magazines. He also allegedly attempted to use fake VIP assets to gain access to the event. What we do know

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is he showed up with multiple names,

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officials. Unloaded firearms,

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if you're asking me right now, I probably did have deputies that prevented the third assassination attempt. 10s of

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1000s of Trump supporters showed up to the rally Saturday in the blistering heat at the Calhoun ranch just outside Coachella, while residents and permitted attendees were allowed through the security checkpoints. They were closely monitored. It was at one of those checkpoints, Miller was boiled before the former president arrived, he was booked into a detention

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center. That was the first thing that went through my mind.

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The US Attorney's office released a statement reading in part, the US Secret Service assesses that the incident did not impact protective operations and former President Trump was the investigation a rally in Pennsylvania, injuring the former president and killing one attendee. Just last month, another suspect was arrested in COVID near Trump's authorities continued their investigation into this incident, questioning another individual Saturday's rally, and Miller has been released from jail on a $5,000 bail. His next court date is set for early next year, reporting

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from Omar frozen.

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