Man arrested outside of Trump rally sues California sheriff over assassination accusations

A Nevada man who was arrested outside of a rally for former President Donald Trump in California this weekend sued the Riverside County Sheriff's office this week, for accusing him of trying to kill Trump.

Las Vegas reporter Vem Miller, 49, was arrested in Coachella on Saturday on his way to the Trump rally. He was found to be illegally in possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine, authorities said.

Miller has denied that he was on his way to assassinate Trump, claiming that he was a Trump supporter, and that he was going to park his car and then hike to the rally. He maintains he was not going to bring the weapons with him.

"They keep saying that I was trying to get into the Trump rally with guns, which is highly inaccurate," Miller told Fox News on Thursday. "The accurate description of what I was trying to do is that I was trying to go to a private parking lot, park my car, then walk at least a quarter-of-a-mile."

Miller said he was suing Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, because the department had basically "dropped a nuclear bomb" on his life. 

The lawsuit alleges that Bianco "intentionally, maliciously and with a blatant disregard for the truth, wanted to create a narrative so as to be viewed as a ‘heroic’ sheriff who saved Presidential candidate Trump from a third assassination attempt." 

It also claims that even after the FBI and Secret Service said Miller was not a threat, Bianco still pushed the narrative. 

"You know, there's a legal word called restitution, which means to make you whole again after a calamity like this. And there is no ultimate restitution in this," Miller told Fox. "You know, the internet is forever. Essentially, they did incredibly damaging things to my life ... If you're a headline reader, you think I'm the third Trump assassin in the company of two psychopaths, you know, two very mentally ill individuals, which is not what I am."

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.