Anti-Trump protester Michael Sandford was arrested Saturday at Donald Trump’s Las Vegas rally at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.
Sandford tried to grab a cop’s gun.
Sandford said he wanted to get an autograph from a police officer at the hotel but instead went for the officer’s gun.
Here’s the video…..
Sandford has been in the United States for one and a half years.
He drove to Vegas on the 16th to kill Donald Trump.
Sandford had been in US 1 1/2 yrs. 1st in Hoboken NJ. Then traveled to Ontario/SB County. Drove to Vegas 6-16-16 to kill Trump per complaint
— Andrew Blankstein (@anblanx) June 20, 2016
Sandford was arrested on Saturday.
Brit Michael Sandford accused of trying to seize @LVMPD officer’s gun per fed.complaint. Told FBI agent of “conscious effort” to kill Trump
— Andrew Blankstein (@anblanx) June 20, 2016
Sandford had a UK driving license.
Michael Sandford, man charged w trying to grab police officer’s gun to attack Donald #Trump, had UK driving licence. pic.twitter.com/oB0UfMadkl
— Rajini Vaidyanathan (@BBCRajiniV) June 20, 2016
Sandford admitted to agents he practiced at a gun range for his assassination attempt.
UPDATE: Michael Sandford was in the US illegally. He overstayed his visa.
The man who attempted to steal a police officer’s gun and “kill Donald Trump” at the Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, was in the US illegally, having overstayed his visa, a federal court found out during the arraignment.
Michael Steven Sandford faced a federal judge in Las Vegas on Monday afternoon, after his arrest on Saturday night at the Trump rally. The 19-year-old had tried to grab a service pistol from a Las Vegas Police Department officer. Secret Service agents protecting the presumptive GOP nominee then arrested the teenager, whose only form of identification was a UK driver’s license.
