British man accused of trying to kill Donald Trump acted ‘weird’ and ‘nervous’ before rally
(WashingtonPost)- A British man was arrested over the weekend for trying to steal a policewoman’s gun at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Las Vegas rally. Michael Steven Sandford told officials he drove from California to Nevada to kill Trump.
As Trump delivered his speech, Sandford tried to grab a gun from a Las Vegas Police officer to shoot the candidate, authorities said.
“Sandford told [the Secret Service] he drove here from California on June 16, 2016 to kill Trump,” according to a federal criminal complaint filed Monday. “Sandford claimed he had been planning to attempt to kill Trump for about a year but decided to act on this occasion because he finally felt confident about trying it.”
Sandford was arrested before he could pull the police officer’s gun from its holster. He has been charged with an “act of violence on restricted grounds,” punishable by up to 10 years in prison.