Violent felon freed by Trump now accused of attacking 3-year-old

A convicted drug dealer whose sentence President Donald Trump commuted is back behind bars after he was charged with assaulting a 3-year-old child and violating his supervised release, The New York Times reported Friday.It was the fifth time Jonathan Braun has been arrested since Trump commuted his 10-year sentence as he left office in 2021, according to the report. The decision came as a “last-minute” clemency request that made its way to the president through Braun’s family connection with Charles Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner, the Times added.But as of Friday, Braun was back in prison after a federal judge in Brooklyn agreed with prosecutors and refused to allow him to be released from custody, noting his flight risk and risk to the community.“The behavior is erratic,” U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto said at the arraignment, as reported by the Times. “There’s the potential someone could really get hurt.”Braun reportedly appeared agitated at his arraignment, as he challenged his legal representation and “gave a middle finger” to the courtroom audience. ALSO READ: ‘We’ve made a mistake’: Trump’s trade war sends GOP into frenzy“I could’ve gone to law school myself,” Braun is quoted as telling the judge. “I chose not to.”Braun has been accused of string of offenses, which include “swinging a pole that contained intravenous bags at a nurse; threatening a synagogue congregant who had asked him to stop talking during services; punching his wife and 75-year-old father-in-law; and grabbing a nanny’s breast as he touched himself,” the Times said.He had been sentenced in 2019 by Matsumoto on charges of smuggling and distributing marijuana after he copped a plea with prosecutors. But Braun’s legal woes haven’t just been on the criminal side. A judge last year ordered him to pay a $20 million fine in a case brought by the Federal Trade Commission for claims that he engaged in a predatory lending scheme, according to the Times.

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