Tuesday, June 21, 2016

AP: UK Man Arrested at Rally Planned to Kill Trump, Agents Say - "in the country illegally"



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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A British man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas tried to grab a police officer's gun so he could kill the presidential candidate after planning an assassination for about a year, authorities said.

Michael Steven Sandford, 20, approached an officer at the campaign stop last weekend to say he wanted Trump's autograph but then tried to take the weapon, U.S. Secret Service agents said.

A criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Nevada charges Sandford with an act of violence on restricted grounds. He has been denied bail and has not entered a plea yet. ...

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