IN PHOTO: Trump rally attendee Vem Miller arrested in Coachella with two firearms in his car

Vem Miller is a registered Republican who tried to present false VIP credentials at a Trump rally on Saturday and was subsequently arrested on illegal firearms charges.

The 49-year-old Las Vegas resident describes himself on LinkedIn as an “investigative journalist” and is the co-founder of what appears to be a fringe, far-right website that promises to “rage against the mainstream media.”

On Saturday, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco claimed Miller “probably” wanted to kill former President Donald Trump.

But a source close to Trump’s campaign played down the threat, telling DailyMaill.com that there was no evidence of an assassination attempt.

Vem Miller, 49, was arrested Saturday near Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella, California, after firearms and high-capacity magazines were discovered in his car during a checkpoint investigation

Miller was stopped Saturday at a checkpoint near the former president’s rally in Coachella, California. Police found a shotgun, a loaded handgun and a high-capacity magazine in his vehicle.

According to Sheriff Bianco, he also had multiple passports and driver’s licenses with different names in his car.

Officers noted that the interior of Miller’s vehicle was “quite a mess.”

“The vehicle clearly had a fake license plate and that prompted further investigation by our deputy as to why the individual was where… and what he was doing,” Bianco said.

“During that investigation, the officer ultimately found multiple passports with multiple names, multiple driver’s licenses with different names, and the vehicle was unregistered,” he continued.

Moreover, he said the license plate was “homemade.”

Bianco doubled down during a press conference on Sunday, saying, “I probably had officers that prevented the third assassination attempt” and calling Miller a political “crazy.”

He said his office works closely with the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service.

Miller was taken into custody, but as of Sunday posted $5,000 bail and was released.

Miller ran for councilman in Nevada’s 13th District in 2022, according to a still-active Facebook page and his LinkedIn profile.

Through his work as a “content producer,” Miller says he has “learned a lot about politics and how the political world is run, often at the expense of We The People.”

His goal, he claims on LinkedIn, is to “restore constitutional rights, including 2A,” which refers to the Second Amendment right to own firearms, and “stop voter fraud.”

Miller lives in Las Vegas, is a supporter of the Second Amendment and calls himself an investigative journalist. The registered Republican is pictured here with Jacob Chansley, who is known as QAnon Shaman after his image of him in Viking garb during riots at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 went viral.

At his outdoor rallies, Donald Trump has spoken behind a more obvious perimeter of bulletproof glass since the July 13 assassination attempt on him in Butler, Pennsylvania. Pictured: Trump at his rally in Coachella, California on October 12, 2024

According to Facebook and his LinkedIn profile, Vem Miller is running for councilor position in Nevada in 2022

“This incident had no impact on the safety of former President Trump or event attendees,” the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office emphasized in a statement.

But Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told Southern California News Group: ‘We probably stopped another assassination attempt.’

Bianco, a known Trump supporter, told the outlet that Miller presented fake VIP and press passes at the checkpoint, which led to the search.

Miller was found to be in illegal possession of the firearms, magazines and ammunition when his black SUV was checked by police on Saturday.

He was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center, posted his $10,000 bail — $5,000 for each of the two crimes for which he was charged — and was out of custody as of Sunday.

Miller has his next court appearance scheduled for Jan. 2.

“There was no assassination attempt in California yesterday,” a source close to Trump’s campaign told DailyMail.com. “A man at a perimeter checkpoint had a gun, but there was no incident.”

The latest news comes as Trump’s protective detail remains on high alert following two assassination attempts on the former president.

Miller posted an image featuring 2024 independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his Instagram profile.

Vem Miller says he has more than 20 years of experience as an “investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and content producer,” who co-founded the far-right website America Happens.

Thousands showed up for Trump’s campaign rally in Coachella, California, on Saturday

The first occurred at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, when 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks struck Trump in the right ear before being shot dead by Secret Service.

The would-be assassin killed a protester and seriously wounded two others with his gun while sitting a few hundred yards from where Trump spoke that day.

Just two months later, on September 15, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was arrested in Florida as he fled the scene after the Secret Service shot at him.

Routh reportedly pointed a gun at Trump while he was golfing at his club in West Palm Beach before the former president’s security detail saw the barrel of the gun and deterred a second assassination attempt.