A self-proclaimed MAGA supporter who was arrested for showing up to Donald Trump's California rally with a large number of guns has filed a “massive lawsuit” against the local sheriff who openly hinted at a plot to assassinate the former president. '' he said he was planning.
Vem Miller, 49 years old; told the Los Angeles Times Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco speculated that his arrest “probably thwarted another assassination plot” and said he committed “career suicide.”
“As of this moment, I have been able to prove that everything they said is not true. It's only going to get worse. That sheriff is going to lose his job,” Miller said. told the media, adding that lawyers were preparing a “major lawsuit”.
“Everything they said about me was false and proven true,” Miller added. “Unfortunately, it appears he committed suicide with his career on the line.”
Miller said he loaded the weapons on his truck for personal protection and that he was “100% Trump supporter” and had innocently attended Saturday's Coachella Valley rally as a journalist to cover the rally. “A person''.
“I carry firearms in my truck to comply with my First Amendment rights,” he told the LA Times, insisting there was nothing wrong with the guns, but the Secret Service and the FBI He has not said that he is investigating it as an assassination plot. .
Still, the sheriff said he had “no regrets” about his response and dismissed the threat of litigation.
“He can say anything he wants to minimize his involvement, and he can even threaten to sue,” Bianco says. he told Fox 11.while saying, “Everyone is threatening to sue.”
“We don't know what he's going to complain about. He showed up at the Trump rally at the second checkpoint in an unregistered vehicle with fake license plates, multiple IDs, and a gun. We arrested him for the crime. He can sue him for anything he wants.”
Miller was arrested outside the rally and his unregistered black SUV was searched after authorities say he tried to enter using a press pass.
At a press conference announcing the arrest, the sheriff said Miller was carrying a false passport and driver's license, as well as a shotgun, a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine in his car.
The sheriff went on to acknowledge that it was “speculation,” but said he “genuinely” believed the sheriff had thwarted the assassination attempt.
“All we can do is speculate about what his state of mind was,” Bianco said at the time. “From what I can tell now, there was probably an agent who thwarted the third assassination attempt.”
Miller, who was arrested on suspicion of possessing a loaded firearm and later released on $5,000 bail, has criticized the sheriff's claims as “bullsh*t” in a series of media interviews.
He also said he had received death threats since launching the America Happens Network, a series of podcasts, documentaries and shows to combat “censorship,” so he brought the weapon for personal protection. repeatedly asserted.
The threat of lawsuit comes after Miller, a film and television industry expert who has long criticized the U.S. government and mainstream media, told Fox News that he had “never” fired a gun in his life. This came after he said he was an avid Trump supporter.
“Yes, I'm 100% a Trump supporter,” he told the outlet. “This is someone I really respect.”
The newspaper contacted the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
