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Alex Thompson was arrested for trespassing Saturday night at a Trump campaign stop in Houston, Texas.

The news outlet said that Thompson was asked to leave by hotel's staff and then by a manager as he waited for clarification about his press credentials. A few minutes later, the manager returned and told a police officer to arrest Thompson.

The police issued a statement Saturday saying that Thompson had left, reentered the hotel and then refused to leave, which Vice refutes.

Thompson said he wasn’t given the chance to explain himself to police.

He also said he wasn’t read his Miranda rights as required upon arrest. When he pointed this out, an officer reportedly said: “This is Houston.”

Vice said Thompson was held for 11 hours, released just after midnight Sunday on a $500 bond.

Trump spoke in Houston Saturday at a luncheon for the Remembrance Project, a nonprofit that advocates for people whose loved ones have been killed by illegal immigrants.

The Trump campaign said it was not involved and unaware of the arrest.

After Thompson's arrest, the Washington Post and others raised questions about whether he was targeted by the Trump campaign for his connection to Maureen Dowd, the New York Times columnist that Trump publicly feuded with on Twitter. Thompson used to be Dowd's editorial assistant.