Crime & SafetyUpdated: Nov. 10, 2025, 3:37 p.m.|Published: Nov. 10, 2025, 2:56 p.m.
Jonathan Braun, formerly of Meiers Corners, was sentenced Monday in Brooklyn federal court for a series of incidents that occurred after Braun was pardoned in 2021 by President Donald J. Trump on charges of drug trafficking.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A felon with Staten Island ties who was once pardoned by President Trump is headed back to prison, after what federal prosecutors described as a series of threatening and violent acts.
Jonathan Braun, 42, was convicted in 2011 of conspiracy and money laundering. But Trump commuted his 10-year prison sentence. Braun’s family had ties to Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, according to the New York Times.
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