The mother of a Michigan man accused of threatening President Biden and other prominent Democrats has been charged with making false statements when purchasing firearms later found in her son's possession.
Prosecutors claim in charging documents unsealed Tuesday that Michelle Berka, 56, knowingly lied when she bought five guns and said they were for her, when really they were for someone else. The indictment does not say to whom Berka gave the firearms, but her son was arrested in March with four of the same guns. Randall Berka Il was charged earlier this year with illegally possessing firearms after having been involuntarily committed for mental health treatment in 2012 and deemed legally incapacitated, which barred him from possessing guns or ammunition. He is also accused of making death threats on YouTube toward Biden, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and members of the L***Q community.
He allegedly wrote on social media that "biden
deserves to die" and that he was "more than willing" to k**l Whitmer. The younger Berka also wrote, "we have to k**l the politicians, theres nothing wrong with righteous violence and death," according to the FBI. In March, Randall Berka was ordered detained ahead of trial. A bond for $10,000 was set Tuesday for Michelle Berka.

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Trump and his daughter Ivanka, in an interview with USA TODAY, shrugged off the lawsuits and other claims of non-payment. If a company or worker he hires isn’t paid fully, the Trumps said, it’s because The Trump Organization was unhappy with the work.

“Let’s say that they do a job that’s not good, or a job that they didn’t finish, or a job that was way late. I’ll deduct from their contract, absolutely,” Trump said. “That’s what the country should be doing.”

To be sure, Trump and his companies have prevailed in many legal disputes over missing payments, or reached settlements that cloud the terms reached by the parties.