{"id":13688,"date":"2025-11-13T10:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:31:35","slug":"drug-dealer-granted-clemency-by-trump-sent-back-to-prison-for-violating-terms-of-his-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13688","title":{"rendered":"Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of his release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/64.png 639w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/64-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\uff08The seal of the United States is displayed on the facade of Federal court in Brooklyn, Jan. 17, 2023, in New York.\uff09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A convicted drug dealer who had been granted clemency by President Donald Trump was sent back to federal prison on Monday for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several new crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 family\u2019s nanny and evading bridge tolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun, speaking in a Brooklyn federal court hearing attended by family and supporters, apologized to his victims and loved ones, who he acknowledged had tried to get him help for his substance abuse and mental health problems before he spiraled out of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have no one to blame but me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun also thanked Judge Kiyo Matsumoto for ordering him detained following his arrest earlier this year, saying the past seven months locked up in a Brooklyn federal jail \u201csaved my life\u201d by helping him get sober.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matsumoto, for her part, said she hoped Braun\u2019s \u201cexpressions of remorse\u201d and promises to \u201clead a law-abiding life\u201d were in good faith, noting that many of the people who he had harmed have since forgiven him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t squander it,\u201d she said to Braun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison in 2019 after pleading guilty to drug-related charges. He served about a year behind bars before Trump commuted his sentence in the final days of his first term in January 2021. Braun was freed from prison, but the rest of his sentence remained intact, including requirements that he pay a fine and stay out of trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun had been a high-ranking member of an international group that smuggled more than 100,000 kilograms (220,460 pounds) of marijuana from Canada into the United States, federal prosecutors said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun\u2019s former live-in nanny attended Monday\u2019s proceedings by phone and asked prosecutors to read her statement in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In it, she said she was \u201cgrateful that justice had been served\u201d as she had not only lost her job, but also \u201cendured deep emotional trauma\u201d that left her \u201cwith lasting trust issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Associated Press does not identify people who say they\u2019re victims of sexual abuse unless they choose to make their names public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edward Miller, the synagogue congregant Braun allegedly threatened, recalled how Braun had gone on a drug-fueled \u201crampage\u201d in their affluent Long Island community, \u201cfreaking out all over the place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, he felt that additional prison time would only worsen his condition, which he believed was better treated in a professional treatment setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not a hardened criminal,\u201d Miller said. \u201cHe\u2019s a sick man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence, the maximum punishment allowed, arguing Braun\u2019s \u201cbrazen and violent conduct\u201d had \u201ccaused fear and terror in his victims\u201d and showed he remained a \u201cserious danger to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis defendant has had many, many chances,\u201d Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya Hajjar said in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Braun\u2019s federal public defender, Kathryn Wozencroft, argued for his immediate release, saying he\u2019s taken steps to rebuild his life while behind bars, including meeting with a psychiatrist and talking with a rabbi twice a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun\u2019s conduct, she said, was driven by \u201ca pretty significant psychiatric crisis\u201d fueled by hallucinogenic drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, prosecutors said, Braun cursed emergency department staff at a Long Island hospital, picking up an IV pole that was connected to his arm and swinging at a nurse as she approached and attempted to calm him down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February, prosecutors said, Braun entered the bedroom of his children\u2019s live-in nanny, wrapped an arm around her upper body and used the other to put her in a headlock before grabbing her breasts and making unwanted sexual advances. The nanny testified in court that Braun\u2019s actions made her so uncomfortable that she locked herself in a bathroom, called her husband and asked him to notify police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, prosecutors said, Braun grabbed and threatened a fellow worshipper who asked him to be quiet during a synagogue service. After stepping away for about 10 minutes, Braun allegedly got in the man\u2019s face, squeezed his right arm tightly and asked him: \u201cDo you know who I am?\u201d and \u201cDo you know what I could have done to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braun\u2019s infractions didn\u2019t end there. Last summer, police said, he evaded bridge tolls at least 40 times while driving his luxury cars, accruing $160 in unpaid fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also failed to make payments toward his court-ordered fine despite living in a multimillion-dollar home, driving luxury vehicles and taking international vacations, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\uff08The seal of the United States is displayed on the facade of Federal court in Brooklyn, Jan. 17, 2023, in New York.\uff09 A convicted drug dealer who had been granted clemency by President Donald Trump was sent back to federal prison on Monday for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1724,61],"class_list":["post-13688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-trump","tag-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - 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