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It has been reported that a man who was arrested while at a rally for Donald Trump attempted to grab an officer’s gun so he could kill the Republican presidential candidate.
On Monday a complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada where Michael Steven Sandford, 19, was charged with an act of violence on restricted grounds.
In that complaint it cites a report made by Special Agent Swierkowski which says Sandford said specifically that he drove from California to kill Donald Trump and had just visited a Las Vegas gun range the day before to learn to shoot.
Sandford attended a Trump rally that was being held at the Treasure Island Casino where he then approached a Las Vegas police officer and told him that he wanted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s autograph.
According to the report made by Special Agent Swierkowski, Sandford was arrested after he attempted to grab the handle of an officer’s firearm and remove it from the holster.
Via CNN
The man arrested for trying to disarm a police officer inside a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas Saturday told authorities he intended to use the gun “to kill Trump,” according to a new criminal complaint.
Police arrested the 19-year-old after he attempted to pull a police officer’s gun from its holster inside a Las Vegas theater where Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was holding a campaign rally.
Police said Michael Sandford struck up a conversation with a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer under the pretense that he was seeking to get an autograph. During the conversation, police said Sandford tried to pull the officer’s service weapon from its holster. Other officers also assigned to provide security at the event were quickly able to detain Sandford and authorities said there was no further disruption to the event.
Sanford told police that he drove to Las Vegas from California “to kill Trump,” according to the complaint, after hearing a few days earlier in the news that he was expected there. On June 17, he practiced shooting a gun for the first time at a gun range in Las Vegas.
“Sanford further stated that if he were on the street tomorrow, he would try this again,” reads the complaint, obtained by CNN. “Sandford claimed he had been planning to kill Trump for about a year but decided to act on this occasion because he finally felt confident about trying it.”
He is expected to make his initial appearance in front of U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge George Foley at 6 p.m. ET Monday, according to a U.S. Attorney’s office spokesperson.
Sanford also told authorities that had he not tried to assassinate Trump at the Las Vegas event, he had planned to go to his next rally, in Phoenix, Arizona, and try again there.
Trump is under U.S. Secret Service protection but local law enforcement often supplements them at campaign events.
The Secret Service says it has charged Sandford with violating two federal laws following the incident, including assault, and he could face up to a decade in prison if convicted.
Many of Trump’s rallies throughout the campaign have been contentious, with protests both inside and outside the events. Secret Service agents had to run to Trump’s side during a campaign rally earlier this year in Ohio to protect him against a man attempting to rush the stage during his remarks.
Sandford is still in custody as he awaits a court appearance. The Secret Service said other charges are still pending and the incident remains under investigation.
Source Bipartisanreport.com and CNN
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