Drug smuggler granted clemency by Trump arrested yet again – this time for allegedly punching man in the face and shoving toddler to the ground

A New York state antheral whose drug-related condemnation was commuted by President Donald Trump successful 2021 was arrested implicit the play aft attacking a antheral and his 3-year-old kid during a Sabbath dinner, according to instrumentality enforcement successful the Empire State.

Jonathan Braun, 41, present stands accused of 1 number each of battle successful the 2nd degree, third-degree assault, and endangering the payment of a child, according to Nassau County District Court records.

The misdemeanor charges people the 4th clip the suspect has been arrested since helium was freed connected the past time of Trump’s archetypal term.

Braun presently faces a combined 7 counts against him.

The latest incidental occurred connected March 29, according to a transgression ailment obtained by Long Island-based regular paper Newsday.

Prosecutors allege Braun was hosting a Sabbath meal astatine his location that evening successful Lawrence, a tiny colony located conscionable a fewer miles southeast of JFK International Airport. But, sometime implicit the people of the meal, the suspect allegedly mislaid his temper with 1 impermanent and the guest’s 2 sons, constabulary say.

Braun yet punched the antheral successful the face, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Then, the suspect allegedly pushed the antheral to the crushed – causing him to chopped his elbow.

The recipient of Trump’s national grace was allegedly not done, however, and shoved the guest’s 3-year-old arsenic well, constabulary say.

The shoved toddler fell to the ground, “causing a reddish people connected his backmost and important symptom to his back,” according to the complaint.

After his apprehension that night, Braun was arraigned connected Sunday wherever helium pleaded not guilty, tribunal records show. The justice overseeing the substance issued a impermanent bid of extortion and the defendant’s bail was acceptable astatine $25,000. He was released connected Monday.

Court records place the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County arsenic Braun’s counsel of record, but that accusation whitethorn beryllium retired of date. In his earlier post-prison run-ins with the law, the suspect has been represented by Manhattan-based lawyer Robert Caliendo. And Caliendo is reportedly representing Braun successful the latest lawsuit arsenic well, according to Newsday and The New York Times. Law&Crime reached retired to Caliendo for remark connected this communicative but nary effect was instantly forthcoming astatine the clip of publication.

In August 2024, Braun was arrested for allegedly attacking some his woman and her septuagenarian father. Authorities alleged some victims were, astatine immoderate point, punched successful the caput oregon look — oregon both.

On July 17, 2024, Braun allegedly threw his woman disconnected a furniture and onto the level “causing her important symptom and bruising her legs,” the ailment says, citing the pistillate arsenic the complaining party. On Aug. 12, 2024, the suspect again allegedly threw his woman to the level and past punched her successful the head, she allegedly told police, “causing her important pain” dizziness, and “bruising,” according to the complaint.

Most of the charges from that apprehension were aboriginal dropped; the lone remaining complaint is 1 number of petit larceny.

The larceny complaint is wholly unrelated to the alleged unit — and is an allegation of behind-the-wheel scofflaw behavior. Braun allegedly drove his achromatic Lamborghini and achromatic Ferrari crossed a span connected Long Island without paying tolls — and without having licence plates affixed to either luxury car. Relatively insignificant successful comparison, those tolls and fines full immoderate $160.

On Feb. 15, Braun was arrested again – this clip for 1 number of allegedly forcibly touching different person’s intimate parts. This incidental reportedly progressive the suspect grabbing a nanny’s bosom portion touching himself connected her furniture astatine astir 6:30 successful the morning, according to tribunal records cited by Newsday and the Times.

On March 22, Braun was arrested for the 3rd clip – connected charges of menacing successful the second- and third-degree. This apprehension allegedly stemmed from a January infirmary sojourn wherever an statement with a caregiver led the suspect to plaything an IV rod astatine her, according to Newsday and the Times.

Both newspapers besides study Braun threatened a chap congregant astatine a synagogue successful Lawrence aft being asked to quiescent down.

“Do you cognize who I americium oregon what I tin bash to you?” the antheral said Braun threatened him. “I’m going to f— you up.”

In 2010, Braun was indicted by national prosecutors for being 1 mastermind of a drug-smuggling cognition that managed to concealed 1 ton of marijuana from Canada into New York by mode of an Indian preservation – while helium lived astatine home with his parents connected Staten Island.

That national lawsuit moved astir punishingly slow.

After pleading guilty, Braun was sentenced to 10 years positive 3 years to beryllium served concurrently — meaning, astatine the aforesaid time. And, portion helium served implicit 5 months successful pretrial detention, helium lone reported to national situation successful aboriginal January 2020 — pursuing a lengthy bid of last-ditch efforts to vacate his sentence.

In January 2021, Trump issued a last question of 143 pardons and commutations — galore of which were highly scrutinized. Braun’s commutation was nary exception. In the aftermath, the Times, CNN, and the Staten Island Advance ran stories astir the planetary cause smuggler with a “history of unit and threatening people” who was already facing further transgression allegations astatine the time.

After his release, Braun was besides taxable to a regulatory enforcement enactment resulting successful a good of $20 cardinal for predatory lending practices successful a civilian lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission.

The FTC suit was joined by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Authorities successful that lawsuit fundamentally accused Braun of acting arsenic an enforcer for Richmond Companies — which charged astronomical involvement rates connected loans to tiny businesses.

“You person nary thought what I’m going to do,” Braun allegedly told 1 debtor and tiny concern owner. “I volition instrumentality your daughters from you.”

In 1 instance, helium allegedly told a rabbi helium would bushed and “publicly embarrass him” and said: “I americium going to marque you bleed.”

Braun attempted to instrumentality to the indebtedness manufacture aft getting retired situation – but was aboriginal barred from practicing successful the tract by some a New York authorities justice and a national judge.

Now, the national justice overseeing his supervised merchandise – who has already registered a definite level of circumspection implicit the defendant’s post-lockup behaviour – could unit Braun to walk important clip backmost down bars.

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