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I didn’t plan the assassination and I admire Trump, defends the man arrested with weapons at the election rally

“Yes, I support Trump one hundred percent. He is a man I deeply admire,” said the 49-year-old Miller from Las Vegas to the Fox News television station. He also stated that he is a registered Republican and has fully supported Trump for six years, The Guardian reports.

The Sheriff’s Office, the Secret Service and Los Angeles prosecutors agreed that Trump was never in any real danger from Miller because he had no way to get to the former president. However, Bianco presented his detention as a foil to an assassination attempt. “I truly believe that we have prevented another assassination attempt,” he said at a Sunday press conference.

“This accusation is total bullshit. I am an artist. I’m the last person who would commit any violence or hurt someone,” Miller was upset about the sheriff’s account in the press.

The vigilance of the security forces is increased at Trump’s events, because he has already faced two assassination attempts in recent months. In the first, he was shot by registered Republican Thomas Matthew Crooks at a rally in Pennsylvania in July, and Ryan Wesley Routh, who voted for Trump in 2016 before becoming a staunch opponent, was waiting for him at gunpoint on a golf course in Florida in September.

On Friday, Trump’s team requested the provision of an army plane and vehicles due to fears of an assassination by Iran. President Joe Biden told the administration to give Trump “what he needs.”

“I don’t know anything about guns, but I always have them with me”

According to the authorities, Miller had a loaded shotgun, a pistol and a large-capacity magazine with him. He was detained even before Trump even arrived at the place. According to Bianco, he was suspicious to the police because his car was not registered and had obviously fake license plates. “The sheriff’s deputy subsequently found with him several passports with several names and several driver’s licenses with different names,” said the sheriff.

Miller is currently free after posting $5,000 bail, and claims he bought the guns for self-defense because of death threats he’s been receiving because of his America Happens Network website. On those, it is stated that they fight against censorship and “oppose the mainstream media”. “I don’t know anything about weapons. I’m less than a beginner,” Miller said.

However, in an interview with Fox News, Miller contradicted himself in his claims about his relationship with guns. At one point he declared that he “always drives with weapons in the car”, after which he tried to claim to be a complete novice. “I have literally never fired a gun in my entire life,” he claimed to the moderators.

Sovereign citizen

According to Bianco, Miller is a so-called “sovereign citizen”. The movement of sovereign citizens proclaims that people do not have to follow laws unless they have given their consent to them. This movement is considered a representative of the extreme right.

To this accusation by the sheriff, Miller stated that, according to him, the mentioned movement does not even exist. “I think there is no such thing. Government is an inanimate object. It depends on the personalities in it, so no, I don’t belong to anything like that,” he said.

“Trump fights tyranny”

After appearances on Fox News and in the press, Miller published a video of his own work in his defense. He is said to have been prompted by “false information published by the police department” and portrayed himself as a fighter for freedom of the press and speech.

“Although we strongly support President Donald Trump now and for the past eight years, we do not align ourselves with any political party except one that supports our freedoms… and rids us of the tyranny of corrupt politicians. President Donald Trump is very close to our hearts because he is the only one in whom I have seen the courage to stand up to tyranny against the people,” Miller described Trump using terms from the US Constitution.