Coachella gun suspect calls himself Trump supporter, threatens lawsuit

Miller said when he arrived, he was told to go to a special entrance with parking. But before entering the parking lot, he said, he let authorities at the checkpoint know that he had two guns in the trunk of his car — a Glock pistol and a shotgun. He said he wore them “simply for protection.”

Miller was arrested at the vehicle checkpoint for illegal possession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine, local authorities said. He also had in his possession several passports – apparently fake – with different names and was driving an unregistered vehicle with what authorities described as a hand-made license plate, a practice used by members of the movement. far right anti-government sovereign citizens.

He was booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio, Calif., on a misdemeanor charge and was released without having to post bail, Bianco said. He is not facing federal charges, the Secret Service said in a statement Sunday.

“The U.S. Secret Service believes that the incident did not impact protective operations and that former President Trump was not in any danger,” the Secret Service, FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a joint press release. “While no federal arrests have been made at this time, the investigation continues.”