Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Saturday, April 05, 2025

A convicted drug dealer serving a 10-year federal prison sentence before his sentence was commuted by Donald Trump has been arrested on charges of assaulting a three-year-old child, elderly man and his wife; groping his family nanny; and threatening a hospital staffer. Jonathan Braun also lost a $20 million judgment to the Federal Trade Commission for illegal customer withdrawals at his loan company and evaded tolls 40 times because his Lamborghini and Ferrari sports cars lacked license plates.

More

Alternate links: Google News | Twitter

Braun, who was a high-ranking member of an international group that smuggled more than 220,000 pounds of marijuana from Canada, only served one year of his original sentence before Trump commuted his sentence without explanation.

Trump "stands by" his decision, White House spokesperson Harrison Fields said.

Comments

Admin's note: Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Here's what the loser who assaulted a toddler looks like. Jonathan Braun is a POS based on what the newspapers wrote about him, so of course Trumpf pardoned him: nypost.com

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-05 07:50 AM | Reply

Harrison Fields, a White House spokesperson, said Trump "stands by" his decision.

Trump: [checks guy's photo and confirms that he is White] "I bigly stand by my decision!"

#2 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-05 08:46 AM | Reply

The brain dead orange pedo will release him a second time.

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-05 11:54 AM | Reply

Sundowning grandpa befuddlepants has all the best people.

The pain this three year old endured was a small price to pay for the freedom for the proud boof J6 masterminds.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-05 12:22 PM | Reply

QAnon: Not those pedos!!

#5 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-05 12:24 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Remember when tRump promised the death penalty for dealers?
Or was that for dealers who couldn't afford to a pardon?

#6 | Posted by northguy3 at 2025-04-05 01:09 PM | Reply

According to Trumper logic, because this one man assaulted a child, ALL WHITE MEN MUST BE DEPORTED NOW.

#7 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-04-05 01:35 PM | Reply

This guy was released from prison for crimes related to marijuana. Unless every one of you clowns support mandatory sentences, without parole of clemency,for crimes related to MJ, then STFU. You look retarded. BTW he will be held accountable for his new accusations - unlike Hunter Biden, guilty of gun crimes and fraud.

#8 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-05 02:08 PM | Reply

This is typical for the smelly rapist who pardoned a cop killer.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-05 02:14 PM | Reply

This guy was released from prison for crimes related to SMUGGLING 200,00 pounds of marijuana.

He wasn't just a casual user and smoking it like you are apparently.

We don't need smuggler's because we need to bring manufacturing back to America. Remember?

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-05 03:36 PM | Reply

Releasing a guy convicted of smuggling weed isn't a problem. Smuggling weed is a public service.

Turns out this guy had other issues.

(I don't care about toll evasion either, tolls are a regressive tax and they need to go away.)

#11 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-04-05 07:24 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

evaded tolls 40 times

-that bastard!

#12 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-05 08:23 PM | Reply

Daddysfist would pay for some alone time with a 3 year old.

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-05 08:35 PM | Reply

This guy was released from prison for crimes related to SMUGGLING 200,00 pounds of marijuana.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-05 03:36 PM | Reply | Flag

Yeah! he was bringing in Canadian rag weed and evading tariffs.

#14 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-05 09:02 PM | Reply

@#14 ... he was bringing in Canadian rag weed and evading tariffs. ..

So, you agree that he broke the law?

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-05 10:07 PM | Reply

So, you agree that he broke the law?

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-05 10:07 PM | Reply | Flag

LMAO For real? Yes he broke the law. Do you believe anyone who's found guilty of crimes related to MJ shoould have to serve their full prison sentences? Asking for Snoofy and Yav...

Also don't forget about the unpaid tolls he evaded, fucker should fry over that shit.

#16 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-05 10:25 PM | Reply

@$16 ... Yes he broke the law. ...

Wow.

Good to see your current alias agree to that.


OK, now, let's move on ...

... Do you believe anyone who's found guilty of crimes related to MJ shoould have to serve their full prison sentences? ..


I believe that anyone convicted of a crime should serve their full sentence.

But I'll also add that the current Trump admin has seemed to discard the Constitutional aspect of that.



Stated differently, loyalty to Pres Trump seems to trump (no pun intended) the law of the Constitution.





#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-05 10:46 PM | Reply

The following HTML tags are allowed in comments: a href, b, i, p, br, ul, ol, li and blockquote. Others will be stripped out. Participants in this discussion must follow the site's moderation policy. Profanity will be filtered. Abusive conduct is not allowed.

Anyone can join this site and make comments. To post this comment, you must sign it with your Drudge Retort username. If you can't remember your username or password, use the lost password form to request it.
Username:
Password:

Home | Breaking News | Comments | User Blogs | Stats | Back Page | RSS Feed | RSS Spec | DMCA Compliance | Privacy

Drudge Retort