"We probably stopped another assassination attempt," Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told the New York Post.

The suspect, identified as Vem Miller, was intercepted by police at a checkpoint about a half-mile from the rally entrance. He was carrying a fake phony press and VIP passes.

"They were different enough to cause the deputies alarm," Bianco said, according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

Miller is believed to be a member of a rightwing anti-government organization, according to Bianco...

He has a UCLA Masters degree, and in 2022 ran for Nevada State assembly, the newspaper reported.

A report from the Press-Enterprise has more:

Bianco said Miller considers himself a so-called sovereign citizen, a group of people who do not believe they are subject to any government statutes unless they consent to them.

The Sheriff's Department set up what Bianco called a double perimeter that controlled access within a half mile of the rally. Residents were allowed through, but they were watched to make sure they drove to their neighborhoods and not toward the rally.

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