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    British teen tried to take officer’s gun to kill Trump

    British man tried to take officer’s gun to kill Trump at Las Vegas rally, police say

    Michael Sandford, who had a UK driver’s license, was arrested after grabbing at the holster and handle of a gun at the hip of an officer providing security

    Michael Steven Sandford claimed he had been planning to attempt to kill Donald Trump for about a year. Photograph: David Becker/Reuters

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    Monday 20 June 2016 18.30 EDT
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    A British man has been charged with attempting to seize a police officer’s gun at a Las Vegas rally in order to commit an act of violence against Donald Trump, authorities said on Monday.

    Michael Steven Sandford was arrested at the Saturday rally after grabbing at the holster and handle of a gun at the hip of a Las Vegas police officer who was providing security at the event for the presumptive Republican nominee.

    — Justin Miller (@justinjm1)June 20, 2016BREAKING: Man tried to grab cop's gun to kill Trump, feds say https://t.co/BdEPdhl8xxpic.twitter.com/oroI4Iigo0

    A spokesperson for Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office said: “We are providing assistance following the arrest of a British national in Las Vegas.” British authorities are understood to have become involved on Sunday.


    The complaint, which was filed on Monday in the US district court for Nevada, says Sandford “knowingly attempted to engage in an act of physical violence against Donald J Trump ... by attempting to seize a firearm from Las Vegas Metropolitan Department Officer”.

    Sandford allegedly told a US agent, referred to in the complaint as special agent Swierkowski, that he had driven to Las Vegas from California in order to kill the presumptive Republican nominee for president.


    According to the complaint, Sandford had gone to a gun range called Battlefield Vegas on 17 June in order to learn how to shoot. There, he fired 20 rounds from a Glock 9mm pistol, which, the complaint says, was the first time he had ever fired a gun.

    The document also states that Sandford told Swierkowski that if he were on the street tomorrow, he would try it again. He claimed he had lived in the US for approximately a year and a half and had been planning to attempt to kill Trump for about a year but finally felt confident enough to try it on Saturday, according to Swierkowski’s report.

    He also told Swierkowski that he had tickets for a Trump rally in Phoenix, Arizona, later that day, and planned to try to kill Trump there as well.


    He is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing before a federal magistrate judge Monday at 3pm PST.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...as-vegas-rally

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    More information will come out as law enforcement and the media do their jobs.
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    He had a visa but overstayed, becoming illegal.

    Man arrested for wanting to 'kill Trump' in Vegas was in US illegally

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    Bail denied for U.K. man accused of trying to kill Trump

    by MICHELLE RINDELS, Associated Press
    Monday, June 20th 2016

    A British man accused of trying to take a police officer's gun and kill Donald Trump during a weekend rally in Las Vegas will not be released on bail.

    Federal Magistrate Judge George Foley said at a hearing Monday that Michael Steven Sandford, 20, was a potential danger to the community and a flight risk.

    Sandford, who wore leg irons and appeared to tremble during the court hearing, is charged with an act of violence on restricted grounds and was assigned a federal public defender.


    He has not entered a plea.


    Public defender Heather Fraley said Sandford appeared to be competent and hadn't been diagnosed with a mental illness but that has autism and previously attempted suicide. He was living out of his car, didn't have a job and was in the country illegally after overstaying a visa.

    His mother told court researchers that he was treated for obsessive compulsive disorder and anorexia when he was younger, and that he once escaped a hospital in England, according to the public defender.

    Secret Service agents said Sandford went to a Trump rally on Saturday at the Treasure Island Casino and approached a Las Vegas police officer to say he wanted an autograph from Trump. The criminal complaint said Sandford was arrested after grabbing the handle of an officer's gun in an attempt to remove it from a holster.


    Agents said Sandford told them he had been in the U.S. for about a year and a half, lived in Hoboken, New Jersey, and drove to the San Bernardino, California, area before coming to Las Vegas on June 16.

    Sandford told officers he had been planning an assassination for about a year and was convinced he would die in the attempt. He said he also reserved a ticket for a Trump rally in Phoenix, scheduled for later in the day, as a backup plan.

    He told authorities that he went to the Battlefield Vegas shooting range the day before the rally and fired 20 rounds from a 9mm Glock pistol to learn how to use it. Police detectives who visited the range spoke with an employee who confirmed that he provided Sandford shooting lessons, according to the complaint signed by Secret Service Special Agent Joseph Hall.

    About 1,500 people attended the Las Vegas rally, which was held in the Mystere Theater inside the casino. Attendees had to pass through metal detectors manned by Secret Service, police and casino security officials.

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    There was another guy with a gun the day before this one.

    Man with gun arrested at Trump rally in Texas
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