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.

Vem Miller, 49, of Las Vegas, told authorities he was a journalist with access to the VIP area of Trump's Coachella rally. An investigation revealed he was driving in an unregistered vehicle with a "homemade" license plate and was armed with several firearms and boxes of ammunition.