Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco in California is facing a MAGA backlash for claiming to have prevented an assassination attempt on Donald Trump over the weekend.

Vem Miller, 49, was arrested on gun charges Saturday after deputies found loaded guns in his car. He filed a defamation suit Tuesday against Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco.

Miller was arrested when he presented what Bianco said was a fake VIP pass at an interior checkpoint a couple of hours before the rally was scheduled to begin. He was cited on suspicion of illegally carrying a loaded firearm and possessing a large-capacity magazine and then released.