Loan Shark Freed by Trump Back in Jail After Series of Arrests

Jonathan Braun, a loan shark freed from prison by President Donald Trump in 2021, was sent back to a federal jail after a string of arrests that prosecutors said violated the terms of his release.

Braun, 41, was held without bail Friday after US District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in Brooklyn, New York, ruled Braun was a danger to the community. He was taken into custody earlier in the day by federal marshals in nearby Nassau County.

Since last August, he’s been arrested four times — most recently last Saturday — by police in Nassau County on state charges including assaulting ...