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hatrack

(64,003 posts)
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 07:32 AM Nov 11

Shitstain Gave Clemency To A Convicted Drug Dealer; Now He's Back In Prison For Death Threats, Sexual Assault & More

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 family’s nanny and evading bridge tolls.

Brooklyn federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto said she hoped Braun’s “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. “Don’t 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 defendant’s 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

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Shitstain Gave Clemency To A Convicted Drug Dealer; Now He's Back In Prison For Death Threats, Sexual Assault & More (Original Post) hatrack Nov 11 OP
Kick and recommend for visibility bronxiteforever Nov 11 #1
He'll get around to pardoning him again Bettie Nov 11 #2
Studies show - pardons work better the second time around bucolic_frolic Nov 11 #3
Trump "doesn't know" the guy, he "never heard of him." sop Nov 11 #4
K& R for visibility malaise Nov 11 #5
Needs another pardon Norrrm Nov 11 #6

Bettie

(19,135 posts)
2. He'll get around to pardoning him again
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 07:35 AM
Nov 11

maybe even a preemptive pardon for future crimes, just to save himself some time.

Norrrm

(3,468 posts)
6. Needs another pardon
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 08:29 AM
Nov 11

Knowing connected people (Jared) helps.

A second pardon will surely call for a much larger political donation.

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