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This programme follows Michael's family as they travel to the US for his sentencing, unsure of when they might see him again. Set against the backdrop of Trump's remarkable rise to the White House, the documentary explores Michael's complex past while using exclusive eye witness interviews and never-before-seen archive to piece together the elaborate assassination plot and attempt to find out why he did it.</p>\n<h2>The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump Movie Poster</h2>\n<div class=\"gellary\">\n<img src=\"https://m7071.gitlab.io/cdn/2017/01/the-brit-who-tried-to-kill-trump/uJtznLsnaVQTL8ZgEgLGY0Jx8wJ.jpg\" title=\"The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump poster 0\" alt=\"The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump poster 0\">\n</div>\n<h2>The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump Cast &#x26; Crew</h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th></th>\n<th></th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Production Company:</strong></td>\n<td>Firecracker Films, BBC</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Country:</strong></td>\n<td>United Kingdom</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Language:</strong></td>\n<td>English</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Runtime:</strong></td>\n<td>42</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Adult:</strong></td>\n<td>No</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Genres:</strong></td>\n<td>Crime, Documentary</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Website:</strong></td>\n<td><a href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04nkdbk\">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04nkdbk</a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Release date:</strong></td>\n<td>2017-01-20</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<h2>The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump – Trailer</h2>","fields":{"slug":"/the-brit-who-tried-to-kill-trump/"},"frontmatter":{"description":"In June 2016, 20-year-old Brit Michael Sandford was arrested at a Donald Trump rally, after trying to take a police officer's gun in a bid to shoot the then republican presidential nominee.  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