California, United States

Vem Miller, the man arrested with loaded firearms at US ex-president Donald Trump's rally in California on Sunday (Oct 13) refuted reports of the alleged assassination attempt, calling them "bulls**t".

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Denying the local sheriff's assertion that he wanted to kill Trump, Miller said, "These accusations are complete bullsh**t".

"I'm an artist. I'm the last person that would cause any violence and harm to anybody," he added.

He told a local outlet that the weapons, a shotgun and loaded handgun, were bought in 2022 for "personal protection".

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Assassination attempt or not?

While Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco insists that his deputies have "prevented another assassination attempt," Miller said he was "shocked" by the allegations.

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Talking to the press, Sheriff Bianco at a news conference on Sunday afternoon said that he believed his department had halted an assassination attempt against Trump, but acknowledged that was "speculation."

"What we do know is he showed up with multiple passports with different names, an unregistered vehicle with a fake licence plate and loaded firearms," he said. 

"I truly do believe that we prevented another assassination attempt." 

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Who is Trump's alleged would-be assassin, Vem Miller?

Vem Miller, a 49-year-old Las Vegas resident as per The Post, is a far-right anti-government group. He was reportedly invited to the rally by the head of the Clark County GOP Party.

According to Southern California News Group, he is a registered Republican and has a master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.

In 2022, he unsuccessfully ran for office in Nevada because "this country has been taken over by tyranny." 

He is a film and TV industry professional, and the host of a podcast called "Blood Money" on the American Happens Network, of which he is the founder. According to the podcast webpage, it focuses on "topics of corruption, controversy and conspiracy - topics the Mainstream media will not touch."

Miller's friend Mindy Robinson, who hosts "Conspiracy Truths" on his network has slammed the allegations against him calling them "retribution".

"Vem had just exposed a huge Deep State cover-up involving the Feds and the Bundy Ranch scandal. So I firmly believe this is 100% some kind of set-up in retribution for exposing it," she said in a post on Instagram.

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(With inputs from agencies)