Felon freed by Trump is set to be sentenced again in New York

(NYT) — In the final hours of President Donald Trump’s first term, a violent felon used his family’s ties to Trump’s son-in-law to receive the deal of a lifetime.

Trump commuted the man’s 10-year prison sentence. All he had to do to ensure he remained free was stay out of trouble.

But according to prosecutors, the man, Jonathan Braun, later sexually assaulted a nanny, swung an IV pole at a nurse, threatened a congregant at his synagogue and made usurious loans to struggling small businesses.

On Monday, a federal judge in New York City, Kiyo A. Matsumoto, must decide whether to sentence him to a new five-year prison sentence that prosecutors are seeking.

Trump commuted his sentence just before leaving the presidency in Janua

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