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The heavily armed man arrested at the Trump rally in Coachella over the weekend is speaking out tonight, threatening to sue the Riverside County Sheriff Vem Miller says that he was not a threat to former President Trump and was there to support him. Chris Wolf is live in the K today news center with what we're learning about the man who calls himself a sovereign citizen. Chris, that's

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right. MP and Cher Vem Miller considers himself a sovereign citizen. Such people claim they are not subject to any local, state or federal laws unless they consent to them. Reports say sovereign citizens have refused to pay taxes and may create their own driver's licenses and license plates.

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I never thought that the most explosive story would involve myself in

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a recorded statement 49 year old Vem Miller of Las Vegas insists he did not intend to harm former President Donald Trump at a rally in the Coachella Valley Saturday. On the contrary, the co founder of an outlet called America happens.com explains his organization is a staunch supporter of Trump and defender of the U S Constitution and freedom of speech. Miller says he carried lawful firearms to the event for self protection, a handgun and shotgun, and immediately reported those weapons at a security checkpoint at the perimeter California's really it's a Paradise Lost, but we're going to bring it

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back. It's not like they found that I had firearms or did an investigation. Blah, blah, no, the body cams and the evidence will expose and reveal that I myself drove up to the sheriff and gave him the common courtesy and respect of letting him know about the firearms I had in the back of my truck.

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He showed up with multiple passports with different names, an unregistered vehicle with fake license plate and loaded firearms. I If you're asking me right now, I probably did have deputies that prevented the third assassination attempt.

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Miller was charged with weapons offenses, including carrying a loaded gun and high capacity magazine, and was released on $5,000 bail,

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what 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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Federal authorities tell KTLA, the US Secret Service assesses that the incident did not impact protective operations and former President Trump was not in any danger, while no federal arrest has been made at this time, the investigation is ongoing. Vem Miller is scheduled to appear in court in January on the weapons charges. He accuses local authorities in Southern California of slander and believes he does have enough evidence to move forward with a multi million dollar lawsuit live in the News Center. Chris Wolf, KTLA, five news. Applause.

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