A 19-year-old man has been charged for trying to grab a police officer's gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas and use it to kill the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
According to a complaint filed in the US District Court in Nevada on Monday, Michael Sandford tried to disarm the officer at the June 18 rally at the Mystere Theatre in the Treasure Island Casino before being overpowered.
It said the young man, who holds a British driving licence, told a Secret Service agent after his arrest that he had driven from California to Las Vegas "to kill Trump", and had been to a range a day earlier to learn to shoot as he had never fired a gun before.
"Sandford acknowledged that he would likely only be able to fire one to two rounds and stated he was convinced he would be killed by law enforcement during his attempt on Trump's life," the complaint said.
It said Sandford told investigators that he had purchased tickets for a rally in Phoenix where he "would try again to kill Trump" in the event his plan in Las Vegas failed.
It said the young man, who holds a British driving licence, told a Secret Service agent after his arrest that he had driven from California to Las Vegas "to kill Trump", and had been to a range a day earlier to learn to shoot as he had never fired a gun before.
"Sandford acknowledged that he would likely only be able to fire one to two rounds and stated he was convinced he would be killed by law enforcement during his attempt on Trump's life," the complaint said.
It said Sandford told investigators that he had purchased tickets for a rally in Phoenix where he "would try again to kill Trump" in the event his plan in Las Vegas failed.
Nationality unconfirmed
Officials would not confirm Sandford's nationality saying only that he had told investigators he had been in the United States for about 18 months, and had lived in Hoboken, New Jersey, before travelling to California.
A spokeswoman at the Las Vegas prosecutor's office said the young man was due to appear in court later Monday on a charge of act of violence on restricted grounds.
Earlier on Monday, Corey Lewandowski, the controversial campaign manager who helped Trump win the Republican Party's presidential nominating contests, was dismissed.
Earlier on Monday, Corey Lewandowski, the controversial campaign manager who helped Trump win the Republican Party's presidential nominating contests, was dismissed.
Trump's campaign issued a statement carried by a number of US media outlets saying Lewandowski "will no longer be working with the campaign" and thanked him for his hard work.
The firing was another shake-up for a campaign already at odds with many senior Republican figures over the presumptive nominee's policies, with the party's nominating convention in Cleveland less than a month away.
________________________________________________________ There was a small part of me that found this article extremely exciting, because I knew it was only a matter of time before we'd find an article that surrounds Donald Dhrump's assassination attempt. Now, the bias was extremely difficult at first to detect. But after reading a couple articles with the same topic, i've realized that this article is completely biased toward the attacker. In multiple articles, it talks of how the 20 year old man had severe issues such as OCD, multiple cases of violence, and multiple cases of attempted suicide. He was clinically insane. However in this article, you definitely don't get vibe.
Whats more, is that at the end of this article the author slyly mentions the recently dismissed director of Dhrump's campaign. That definitely sends off the message that he might have a play with this whole attempted assassination, when in reality the facts point toward mental instability.
My look on this is honestly a lack of surprise. After all the racist, and hateful "speeches" Mr. Dhrump has spoken, i'm honestly surprised that this hasn't happened earlier. Mr. Dhrump responded on his twitter with more pride, and saying "No one can put me down." and such things like that. No doubt that this will boost his awareness.
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________________________________________________________ There was a small part of me that found this article extremely exciting, because I knew it was only a matter of time before we'd find an article that surrounds Donald Dhrump's assassination attempt. Now, the bias was extremely difficult at first to detect. But after reading a couple articles with the same topic, i've realized that this article is completely biased toward the attacker. In multiple articles, it talks of how the 20 year old man had severe issues such as OCD, multiple cases of violence, and multiple cases of attempted suicide. He was clinically insane. However in this article, you definitely don't get vibe.
Whats more, is that at the end of this article the author slyly mentions the recently dismissed director of Dhrump's campaign. That definitely sends off the message that he might have a play with this whole attempted assassination, when in reality the facts point toward mental instability.
My look on this is honestly a lack of surprise. After all the racist, and hateful "speeches" Mr. Dhrump has spoken, i'm honestly surprised that this hasn't happened earlier. Mr. Dhrump responded on his twitter with more pride, and saying "No one can put me down." and such things like that. No doubt that this will boost his awareness.
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