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A convicted drug dealer who had been granted clemency by Donald Trump was sent back to federal prison on Monday for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several new crimes. Jonathan Braun was sentenced to 27 months behind bars.
The Long Island man had been accused of swinging an IV pole at a hospital nurse and threatening to kill her, screaming at a member of his synagogue, groping his familys nanny and evading bridge tolls.
Brooklyn federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto said she hoped Brauns expressions of remorse and promises to lead a law-abiding life were in good faith, noting that many of the people who he had harmed have since forgiven him. Dont squander it, she said to Braun.
Prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence, the maximum punishment allowed, arguing that a lengthy stint behind bars was necessary to protect the public from further crimes. The defendants brazen and violent conduct caused fear and terror in his victims, prosecutors wrote in a court filing ahead of his sentencing. Braun, they said, has continued to show that he is a serious danger to the community.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/10/drug-dealer-jonathan-braun-violate-trump-clemency
bronxiteforever
(10,952 posts)Bettie
(19,116 posts)maybe even a preemptive pardon for future crimes, just to save himself some time.
bucolic_frolic
(53,228 posts)operant conditioning
sop
(16,849 posts)malaise
(291,003 posts)The KKK is also the CCC - Convicted Criminals Corporation
Norrrm
(3,399 posts)Knowing connected people (Jared) helps.
A second pardon will surely call for a much larger political donation.