Vem Miller, the gunman who was arrested outside a Donald Trump rally on Saturday, claimed he had ties to members of the former president's family.

In a video posted on the social media site Rumble, Miller, a 49-year-old Las Vegas resident, described the experience of his arrest and said he knew “a lot of people” who were closely associated with Trump, the Republican presidential candidate.

On Saturday, Miller was arrested after authorities found firearms in his car outside a Trump rally in Coachella Valley, California. He was charged with possession of a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine at the John J. Benoit Detention Center in India and taken into custody.

Miller, who authorities said also drove an unregistered vehicle with a homemade license plate and had multiple passports and driver's licenses with different names, was released Saturday on $5,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear at the Indio Larson Justice Center on January 2, 2025, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department inmate database.

In a 75-minute video, Miller denied speculation that he may have harmed Trump and reports from authorities that he had fake press credentials. He said he attended the rally “after receiving a special invitation from members of the Nevada Republican Party.”

He said: “I drive up with my special ticket – and by the way they say I have a fake card, that's a load of nonsense – I can prove that I had a special ticket addressed directly to me.” I was personally invited to this event by representatives of the Nevada Republican Party.

He also explained his connection to members of the Trump family.

“I would say over the last four years I have attended countless Trump rallies and Trump events,” he said.

He continued: “I talked to Don Jr., I talked to Eric Trump. I know a lot of people within the Trump family and extended family, and I was involved holistically.”

He added that he has “very close contact with individual members of the extended Trump family,” that he has “met the president multiple times,” and that the Trump campaign has issued him around “20” special guest passes in the past.

Newsweek contacted spokespeople for Trump and the Trump Organization via email and Miller via Facebook on Monday for comment.

After Miller's arrest, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told the Southern California News Group on Sunday that officials “likely stopped another assassination attempt.”

The former president previously suffered minor injuries after a gunman opened fire at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. Trump was also apparently the target of an assassination attempt at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September, but no shots were fired at him.

In a press conference, Bianco added: “If you ask me now, I probably had deputies who prevented the third assassination attempt.”

Miller previously told Fox News Digital that he is a “100 percent Trump supporter” and has no intention of shooting Trump. He said he had never fired a gun in his life and purchased firearms after receiving death threats because of his work in the media.

On his LinkedIn page, the 49-year-old describes himself as an investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker and content producer with more than 20 years of experience.

He founded the America Happens Network in 2007, where he hosts a podcast and has interviewed British MP Nigel Farage and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, among others.

Miller, a Republican, ran for Nevada State Assembly District 13 in the 2022 election cycle, according to a report from the Nevada Secretary of State's Aurora Campaign Finance Disclosure.