LI drug dealer freed by Trump now convicted of molesting his kids’ nanny and assaulting toddler

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A Long Island drug dealer sprung from prison by President Trump has now been convicted of sexually abusing his kids’ nanny and assaulting a toddler.

Jonathan Braun, 41, landed a 27-month sentence in Brooklyn federal court Monday for violating the terms of his 2021 presidential pardon with fresh crimes.

The Nassau County convict entered the bedroom of his children’s live-in nanny, put her in a headlock and groped her breasts while he masturbated in February, the New York Times reported.

Braun’s victim, who dialed in to Monday’s sentencing hearing by phone, asked prosecutors to read her victim-impact statement in court for her.

Jonathan Braun, his wife Miriam, and Donald Trump on a golf course in Florida.
Convicted Long Island drug dealer Jonathan Braun, who was freed by President Trump in 2021, has been sent back to jail for a string of violent crimes.

The nanny wrote she “endured deep emotional trauma” that left her “with lasting trust issues” and added she was “grateful that justice had been served.”

Her disturbing assault was just one of a string of violent incidents Braun has been accused of since his release on the final day of Trump’s first term in the White House after serving three years of his 10-year sentence.

Braun was first busted in 2010 for orchestrating a major cannabis distribution ring, smuggling millions of dollars worth of weed from Canada to New York.

He scored a plea deal in the case and landed behind bars till his pardon by Trump.

The convicted drug dealer, who took a picture with Trump at one of his Florida golf courses in 2022, then was arrested in August 2024 for allegedly slugging his wife and 75-year-old father-in-law, court records show.

Mugshot of Jonathan Braun, a pot dealer.
Braun groped his kids’ nanny and assaulted a toddler in separate incidents this year.

Then the month after molesting his nanny, Braun allegedly punched a man during an argument at a Shabbat dinner at his Long Island home before shoving the victim’s 3-year-old son to the ground, “causing a red mark on his back and substantial pain,” according to a criminal complaint.

The convicted marijuana distributor— whose family has ties to Trump ally Charles Kushner — also attacked a congregant praying at a synagogue and assaulted a hospital nurse in separate incidents in recent months, prosecutors said.

“Do you know who I am? Do you know what I could have done to you?” Braun allegedly told the fellow worshipper, Edward Miller, after grabbing his arm and getting in his face, the Times reported.

Braun was “freaking out all over the place,” Miller said, adding how the confrontation had started after he asked him to be quiet.

Braun also headed shady finance firms that charged sky-high interest rates on small business loans — sometimes as high as 1,000% — often bullying or threatening customers with physical violence to collect on their debts, according to state authorities. 

Prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence over Braun’sn recent “brazen and violent conduct,” which they said had “caused fear and terror in his victims” and proved he was still a “serious danger to the community,” the Times reported.

“This defendant has had many, many chances,” Assistant US Attorney Tanya Hajjar said in court.

Braun’s recent meltdowns were caused by his use of hallucinogenic drugs, his federal public defender, Kathryn Wozencroft,, said Monday.

Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in sentencing said she hoped Braun’s “expressions of remorse” and promises to “lead a law-abiding life” were in good faith, adding, “Don’t squander it.”