A drug smuggler pardoned by Trump was accused of "viciously" beating a younger employee with a belt. Braun's "brutal assault left the 'kid's' entire body 'black and blue,'" prosecutors alleged. Trump pardoned Jonathan Braun on his final day in office as part of a slew of last-minute pardons and commutations. But Braun found out the marijuana had been stolen and ordered the man to shell out $100,000 to pay him back, prosecutors alleged. When the man refused, Braun and another associate flew to California, broke into the man's house, and Braun started attacking him with his belt, prosecutors alleged in the court filings.

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