Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of his release
November 10, 2025
A convicted drug dealer granted clemency by President Donald Trump has been sent back to federal prison for violating the terms of his release after being charged with several new crimes. Jonathan Braun was sentenced Monday to 27 months behind bars by a federal judge in Brooklyn. The Long Island man had been accused of menacing a hospital nurse and a fellow synagogue, as well as of groping his family’s nanny and evading bridge tolls. Prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence, the maximum punishment, while Braun’s lawyers had argued for him to be sentenced to the time he’s already served since he was detained in April.