This year, the person who was detained outside a Trump rally in Coachella for bringing two filled weapons to the occasion brought a lawsuit against the Riverside County sheriff, alleging that law enforcement had defamed him and violated his rights.
After police discovered a loaded pistol and pistol in his car on Saturday, Vem Miller, 49, was detained for weapon charges. Chad Bianco, the spokesman for Riverside County, stated at a press conference that day that his deputies “probably” stopped a second assassination attempt on the original present.
However, investigators said they had n’t discovered any proof that Miller was planning to shoot former president Donald Trump following the arrest.
” Bianco, consciously, deliberately and with a blatant disregard for the truth, wanted to create a tale so as to be viewed as a’ noble’ Judge who saved National member Trump from a third death attempt”, wrote Miller’s attorney, Sigal Chattah, in the complaint filed Tuesday in federal court in Nevada.
Miller has repeatedly denied that he intended to harm the former president, as he has already demonstrated in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. The L.A. native claimed to be a fan of the former president and that he uses the weapons in his car to defend himself.
At a news conference on Sunday, Bianco claimed that the car also contained fake license plates and fake passports.
The lawsuit called the allegations against Miller preposterous.
The plaintiffs brought allegations of defamation, civil disobedience, and intentional suffering from emotional distress.
Miller was booked in Riverside and released on$ 5, 000 bail.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department did n’t responded immediately to a request for comment on Miller’s lawsuit. In a text message, Bianco said,” Probably the fastest lawsuit in history. almost as though it was already planned and prepared.”
In , texts to the Times on , Tuesday, Bianco seemed to walk back some of his statements about Miller.
” Three days later, IF everything Mr. Miller has said is true, and I really hope it is, then he probably was n’t there to hurt former President Trump”, Bianco said. ” I definitely said it and ca n’t change that”.
According to Bianco, Miller’s accusations were based on his finding a fake passport and fake IDs in Miller’s car and his use of a fake license plate at the time of the arrest. According to Bianco, it’s still unclear whether Miller intended to assassinate Trump.
” We ca n’t be certain for sure,” he said. That is up to further investigation, if any, from the FBI”, he said.
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