Jonathan Braun, whose prison sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump, back in court

The Lawrence man whose federal conviction was commuted by President Donald Trump faced two of his accusers in court Thursday in connection with some of the criminal charges filed against him.

Jonathan Braun, 41, faces allegations he groped his children’s live-in nanny, assaulted his spiritual adviser, shoved a toddler to the ground, menaced a man in a synagogue and dodged tolls on the Atlantic Beach toll bridge.

Prosecutors on Thursday added additional charges alleging he failed to make payments on the $100,000 fine that was part of his federal money laundering and drug dealing convictions, and that he traveled to Puerto Rico last November, where he was allegedly gambling in a San Juan casino, which they said at the time was a violation of his supervised release.

Braun, who served 1 year of a 10-year sentence before Trump's commutation and his release from Otisville federal prison in 2021.

Braun pleaded not guilty on Thursday in Brooklyn federal court to charges that he violated the terms of his post-release supervision.

The government on Thursday, however, agreed to drop the travel violation because the U.S. Department of Probation had permitted him to travel.

District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto will decide if Braun violated the terms of his post-release supervision and must return to prison. He faces at least 5 additional years behind bars.

At the hearing Thursday, Edward Miller, a congregant of a Lawrence synagogue, testified that on March 22 Braun grabbed hard on his right arm, evoked the angel of death, and then asked "Do you know who I am? Do you know what I could have done to you?"

Miller, who said that he had asked Braun to stop talking, said that the outburst disrupted the entire service.

"He was going wild for about five minutes," Miller said.

The witness said that he had done some business with Braun, whom authorities allege once ran an extortionate small business loan company, and believed that Miller was stealing from him.

Another man, described as Braun’s spiritual adviser, testified about Braun assaulting him and his son over a Sabbath weekend on March 29.

The man, who testified under his first name Shammai, told the court that Braun became enraged when he thought the man had been speaking to his cousin about a debt.

Home surveillance video played in court Thursday allegedly shows Braun kicking the spiritual adviser and chasing him through Braun's Lawrence home, demanding he leave. The man, his wife, his four children and the children’s nanny can also be seen in the video rushing to exit the house as Braun screams and curses at them.

"He hit me and chased me out of the house," Shammai said. The witness told police earlier that Braun had assaulted his 3-year-old son during the altercation. On Thursday, Shammai told the court that he couldn't remember and hadn’t seen how his son became bruised.

The judge became impatient with Shammai's indirect answers and ordered prosecutors to subpoena his wife to testify about what happened.

Matsumoto questioned why Braun was still being represented by a public defender when it appeared that he could afford to hire an attorney.

The judge also questioned why he had not paid his fine.

"You have stated that you are without funds," she said. "It appears that there were assets made available to you ... You told your probation officer that you can pay, but you don’t think you should have to."

Braun is set to return to court on June 13.