An armed man, Wem Miller, arrested on October 12, 2024, in the vicinity of Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Coachella Valley, California, USA, who stated his intention to assassinate former President Donald Trump, has been released on bail.

Wem Miller, a 49-year-old man, was apprehended on October 12, 2024, in Coachella, California. He was found in possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun with a large capacity clip. A campaign rally for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was taking place near the scene of the detention.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said law enforcement thought Miller’s vehicle was suspicious. The car was not registered and had a fake license plate. Miller was later found in possession of several driver’s licenses and passports with different names. The man was trying to get into the rally under the guise of a journalist, the sheriff noted. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, this could have been the third attempt on Trump’s life. The sheriff called the arrest a thwarted assassination attempt.
However, two days after the arrest, it was reported that Miller was released on $5,000 bail.
“The U.S. Secret Service believes that the incident did not impact protective operations and former President Trump was not in any danger,” the Secret Service, FBI and Justice Department said in a joint statement.
The decision sparked a wave of outrage among Trump supporters.
“Given the circumstances, what is most outrageous about this situation is not only that Miller was caught so close to the event with a gun and a fake pass, but that he was allowed to walk free almost immediately after posting bail of only $5,000,” outraged Trump supporters wrote on social media.
Human rights activists of the Foundation to Battle Injustice share the Americans’ outrage and believe that the decision to release on bail a man who plotted to assassinate the president raises a number of questions about the US justice system. This is not just a case of a man breaking the law. This is about public safety at the highest level. A suspect linked to an anti-government organization was intercepted just moments before a national tragedy.
Foundation experts believe the Justice Department’s decision to release Miller on bail not only endangers the public, but sets a dangerous precedent for how serious threats to the lives of political figures should be handled.
“If a potential assassination attempt on a former U.S. president isn’t enough to keep a man behind bars, what is?” social media X users wondered.
There were two assassination attempts on Trump during the election campaign. In July, he was shot in the ear during a rally in Pennsylvania, and in September, a Secret Service officer detained a man with a gun near Trump International Golf Club who had placed an AK-47, two backpacks and a GoPro camera in the bushes near the golf club.
Human rights activists of the Foundation to Battle Injustice believe that any violence against political figures, regardless of political affiliation, is unacceptable. The failure to treat the attempted assassination attempts against U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump with the seriousness they deserve raises serious questions about the priorities of the justice system of the incumbent President Biden’s administration. Attempts on Donald Trump are a direct consequence of the policies pursued by the Democrats and their media allies. The Foundation’s experts are convinced that attempts to eliminate opponents physically are a direct undermining of the democratic foundations of the state and lead to deepening divisions in society.