Inside Edition Bianco Doubling Down

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The man arrested for possessing guns near former President Trump's rally in Coachella, is speaking out. He says, Not only is he not a would be assassin, he says he's all in for Trump, as Jim Murray reports, the man was found with a loaded firearm and a high capacity magazine near the perimeter of the rally and was taken into custody before the former president ever got there

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was this man plotting to assassinate President Trump. 48 year old, Vem Miller was arrested with loaded firearms near the Trump rally at Coachella over the weekend, but insists he's no assassin. In fact, he's a staunch Trump supporter.

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In the trunk of my car,

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I carry two firearms. One is a Glock, one is a shotgun, and these two firearms that I carry with me are simply for protection.

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Federal officials are also downplaying the incident, saying Trump was not in danger. But Riverside County California Sheriff Chad Bianco says his deputies foiled what could have been yet another assassination attempt on Trump's life. Do you stand by the idea that your officers may have thwarted a third assassination attempt? I

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do we stop someone from going inside, not only with loaded weapons, but he had multiple passports with different variations of names. He had an unregistered vehicle with a fake license plate. And none of that makes sense. Who in their right mind does that at a Trump rally?

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This is the spot where Vem Miller was arrested. It was a checkpoint about a mile from where the Trump rally was being held. Miller claims he told a deputy he had guns in his car and planned to leave them there to attend the rally. Authorities say the car had a fake license plate and they searched the vehicle. Miller was charged with two firearms offenses and was released on just $5,000 bail. Then overnight, he posted this video giving his side of the story. What

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I'm being called is the third potential assassin of President Donald Trump, and Secret Service and the Feds don't want to interview me that they don't see any value in interviewing me.

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I mean, think about that.

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But the sheriff says that after the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania in July and a second alleged assassination attempt at a Trump golf course in Florida last month. Keep walking his deputies did the right thing.

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We went into this wanting to make sure that we were not in national news because someone died and because someone was assassinated, and we didn't do everything in our power to stop it.

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