October 15, 2024 1232 AM NBC Los Angeles

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Trump's Coachella rally. A man arrested outside of former President Trump's Coachella rally tells NBC four tonight he is a long time supporter of the former president and would never hurt him. Tracy Leon is live in our newsroom with more on what he had to say to her and what he plans to do next. Tracy

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Robert, I spoke to Vem Miller, who tells me, Trump is someone he's admired for a very long time. He even inspired Miller to pursue his own political dreams in Nevada, and Miller went to Coachella to support him the

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way they tried to represent the story, like they did some investigation, and that sort of thing is pure nonsense, absolute nonsense. 49

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year old Vem Miller was arrested Saturday about a quarter mile from former President Donald Trump's Coachella rally for illegal possession of firearms. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco believes his deputies prevented a third assassination attempt on Trump by stopping Miller at the security checkpoint, claiming Miller had multiple passports and IDS with different names and loaded firearms.

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These are lawfully purchased guns were registered in Nevada. I have no idea what it's talking about, and that's not hard to find, by the way, coming

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from Nevada, Miller says he was unaware of the different gun laws in California, saying he alerted deputies about his weapons before he entered and his passports and IDs were all legitimate. Also, he had no intention of ever hurting the Republican presidential nominee, Trump

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has been one of my top few inspirations, and he's one of the few people, if he were to really be shocked by somebody, I'd be the first person jumped in front of that bullet, because I feel as though the work that is doing is very important for the future of this country. However,

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Sheriff Bianco still firmly believes Miller was intending to harm Trump.

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If he wants to say that he's innocent victim, then he also has to come out and say how dumb it was to believe that he could do all of those things

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and try and get into that event with guns. I don't care if he's a supporter of Trump, Miller says he's an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker for his organization, the America happens network, a registered Republican. He ran for the Nevada State Assembly in 2022 and says he had a special invitation to attend Trump's rally and hopes there's a full investigation into the sheriff's accusations to clear his name. It

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caused me a lot of trauma. Caused me a lot of heartache. You know, I got to watch my back going around, because there's people out there that think I was trying to assassinate President. Donald Trump

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Miller tells me he plans to sue the Riverside County Sheriff for defamation. Reporting live in the newsroom. Robert, back to you. You.

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