Loan Shark Freed by Trump Gets Another 27 Months in Prison (1)

A loan shark and convicted drug trafficker who was freed from prison by President Donald Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 27 months in prison for repeatedly violating the terms of his federal release.

Jonathan Braun, 42, was sentenced by US District Judge Kiyo Matsumotoin Brooklyn at a hearing Monday. The prison term will be reduced by the seven months he has already been in custody since his arrest in April.

Braun was granted clemency by Trump after serving two and a half years of a decade-long sentence for running a marijuana-smuggling ring. At the time, he was facing ...