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(NewsNation) — Over the weekend, authorities successful Riverside County, California, stopped an equipped man extracurricular a rally for erstwhile President Donald Trump.
Vem Miller, 49, was taken into custody by section sheriff's deputies aft aggregate IDs and weapons were allegedly recovered successful his conveyance extracurricular the rally successful Coachella Valley.
Authorities described the incidental arsenic having stopped a 3rd assassination effort against Trump.
In July, Trump was grazed connected the ear aft a gunman opened occurrence astatine a rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania. One rally attendee was killed and 2 much earnestly injured. In September, Secret Service agents fired astatine a man who was allegedly waiting extracurricular Trump's play people with weapons.
Here's what we know astir Miller:
Who is Vem Miller?
Miller is 49 years aged and from Las Vegas, wherever helium ran for authorities bureau successful 2022. He has a master's grade from UCLA and reportedly considers himself a sovereign citizen.
His societal media shows him supporting Trump and helium claimed to beryllium attending the rally connected a peculiar walk issued by the Republican Party.
What was Vem Miller arrested for?
Riverside County sheriff's deputies detained Miller astatine the 2nd of 3 checkpoints extracurricular the event. They described his SUV arsenic being successful "disarray" and having a fake licence plate.
They recovered aggregate driver's licenses and passports successful his conveyance with antithetic names, and determination were besides 2 unregistered weapons and aggregate boxes of ammunition.
Miller reportedly said helium had attended Trump rallies successful Nevada with weapons successful his trunk with nary issues and said helium assumed it would beryllium the aforesaid successful California.
Was Vem Miller trying to assassinate Donald Trump?
Local officials described the apprehension arsenic having stopped a 3rd assassination effort against the erstwhile president.
No national charges person been issued and the Secret Service said the erstwhile president was not successful immoderate danger, but that the incidental is nether investigation.
Miller has said helium is simply a Trump protagonist and was not attempting to harm him.
Is Vem Miller a Republican?
Local quality outlets reported that Miller is simply a registered Republican.
He besides ran for Nevada State Assembly District 13 successful 2022 arsenic a Republican but mislaid successful the primary.
What is simply a sovereign citizen?
Miller is reported to beryllium a sovereign citizen. Sovereign citizens are radical who assertion they are not taxable to immoderate local, authorities oregon national laws unless they consent to them.
Sovereign citizens person refused to wage taxes connected these grounds and whitethorn make their ain driver's licenses oregon licence plates successful defiance of the law.
Their arguments person not held up successful court.
Is Vem Miller inactive successful jail?
Miller was released connected a $5,000 enslaved and volition adjacent look successful tribunal successful January.
