--- title: Donald Trump: Man Arrested at Rally Wanted to Kill Trump description: The man was arrested after trying to remove a police officer's gun from his holster. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=fa289b70-d554-40cb-9821-f4ea6281ffa0&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Watch When Donald Trump Rallies Get Violent [Watch (HLS stream): Watch When Donald Trump Rallies Get Violent](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4a2eqSrA.m3u8) (2:34)  _Published 2016-03-10_ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 20, 2016 9:06 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 20, 2016 9:06 PM UTC A man who was arrested at a [Donald Trump](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/man-trump-rally-nv-threat) rally after trying to remove a police officer’s gun from his holster says he intended to kill the presumptive Republican nominee. Michael Steven Sandford told officers he had driven from California to Las Vegas for the event, and that he’d visited a shooting range earlier to practice, the Associated Press reports. He said it had been his intention to shoot [Trump](http://time.com/4374212/donald-trump-racial-profiling-muslims/) on Saturday at the event at Treasure Island Casino. On Monday, a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Nevada charged him with an act of violence on restricted grounds. The AP says it’s not clear whether Sandford has an attorney. \[[AP](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/man-trump-rally-nv-threat)\] ## Transcript [ APPLAUSE ] Here's a guy throwing punches, nasty as hell, screaming at everything else when we're talking. And he's walking out and we're not allowed, the guards are very gentle with him. He's walking out like big high fives, smiling laughing. Like to punch him in the face. [ NOISE ] Get him out of here. [ CROSSTALK ] [ INAUDIBLE ] [ NOISE ] USA USA. [ CROSSTALK ] [ INAUDIBLE ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Stop it, stop it, stop it. You think again. See, if I say go get him, I get in trouble with the press. The most dishonest human beings in the world, the worst. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] I love everybody here I tell ya. [ APPLAUSE ] We have, every poll says, that Donald Trump, has by far the most loyal people, that [ APPLAUSE ]. I shouldn't say, I shouldn't say this, but they say I could do anything and they still love me. And you know what? 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