2016 Donald Trump Las Vegas rally incident

On June 18, 2016, at a rally for Donald Trump's 2016 United States presidential campaign in Paradise, Nevada, Michael Steven Sandford, a 20-year-old British citizen, attempted to grab a gun from a police officer providing security for the event. He was arrested and claimed that he had wished to kill Trump to stop him from being elected U.S. president.

Sandford was sentenced to 12 months and 1 day of imprisonment, and was released and deported to the United Kingdom after 11 months in custody.

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