News Clip Vem Explaining Himself

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If the president was actually at risk, even if it was 1% of what they said, even 1% I would still be in jail right now,

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in his own words. Then Miller addresses his arrest and assassination attempt accusations against former President Donald Trump at a rally in California over the weekend.

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I'm actually Donald Trump supporter. I'm not an anarchist. Are

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you here in Nevada, or are you in California?

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I would say I'm at an undisclosed location right now.

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I'm not in Nevada.

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Miller says his car remains impounded. Authorities confiscating it after claiming to find guns, ammunition and fake passports at a routine security check point.

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I roll down my window and I say, you know, just out of common curse, you want to let you know that I have firearms in the car. Usually the police, thank you, and they love that you respect them enough to actually give them that common courtesy. Right? In this instance, no, he asked me to pull over Miller,

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sending a photo to news, three of the citation. Police only listing two firearm violations. Nothing about fake IDs. Miller confirming police did find two passports in the car with different last names, one issued in the US and the other in Canada, where he was born. Court records in Nevada show Miller legally changed his last name in 2022 this followed using several last names over the years, including yanovkin and Steinberg Miller says he dropped the yanofghan to run for state assembly in Nevada in 2022 the registered Republican lost his campaign.

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I dropped the yanofghan based upon the recommendation of two individuals that were high up within the Republican Party, because nobody could pronounce my Armenian last name as for

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Steinberg. A document says Miller moved to the United States and was issued a passport with that name, even though it's not his legal last name. Miller says he used it to protect himself while covering war zones as an investigative journalist through the

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passport office, again, lawfully, of course. And I explained to them, Hey, I'm about to travel to these regions where my Armenian last name could get me killed. I want a last name that would actually not result in that.

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Now he's working to clear his name and planning to take legal action for news three, I'm Kristen Drummond. You

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