Brit indicted in botched attempt to shoot Trump in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A British man who authorities say tried to grab a police officer's gun to shoot presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a Las Vegas campaign rally was indicted Wednesday on federal criminal charges that, together, could get him up to 30 years in prison.
Federal agents say Sandford told them he drove to Las Vegas from San Bernardino, California, with a plan to kill Trump, and went to a Las Vegas gun range to learn to shoot the day before Trump appeared at the Treasure Island hotel-casino on June 18.
The U.S. Secret Service says Sandford approached a Las Vegas police officer at the Trump campaign stop at the 1,500-seat Mystere Theatre, said he wanted Trump's autograph, then grabbed for the officer's gun.