The 49-year-old Nevada man arrested on gun charges about a quarter-mile from a Trump rally near Coachella, California claims he’s no assassin but just a gun-loving Trump fan, NBC News reports, and he’s speaking out to counter the “defamatory statements […] released by the police in the region.”
“I’m a Trump caucus captain. I’ve collected votes for Donald Trump, and I’m also a Trump team leader,” Vem Miller said in the video posted online; none of his claims have been corroborated as yet. “It is with that that I decided to come to Coachella after receiving a special invitation from members of the Nevada Republican Party.”
Various news reports describe Miller as part of the “sovereign citizen” movement that does not recognize most federal government authority. Miller’s car had homemade license plates, and he had multiple forms of ID, including fake passports. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Miller for violating state weapons laws.