Authorities investigating the armed man arrested Saturday outside a Trump rally in Coachella have found little evidence so far that it was part of an assassination attempt.

A Las Vegas man who was arrested outside Donald Trump's rally in the Southern California desert on Saturday with a loaded weapon in his vehicle is vehemently denying claims by the local sheriff that he intended to assassinate the former president.

A Nevada man with a shotgun, a loaded handgun and ammunition in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert, authorities said Sunday.