A 49-year-old Las Vegas man illegally armed with multiple guns who was arrested Saturday at a checkpoint outside Trump’s Coachella rally and later released is scoffing at the claim that he was there to assassinate former President Donald Trump,

Vem Miller, a Las Vegas resident, was charged with possession of a loaded firearm and high-capacity magazine ahead of Trump's rally Saturday.

The armed suspect who was arrested on weapons charges on his way to Donald Trump’s California rally denied the local sheriff’s assertion he wanted to kill the ex-president, calling the accusations on Sunday,