Overview

• Judge Kiyo Matsumoto ruled prosecutors proved supervised-release violations by a preponderance of the evidence after a series of Brooklyn federal-court hearings.
• The judge said prosecutors did not meet the legal burden for separate allegations tied to a March 29 altercation at Braun’s home.
• Braun remains in federal custody after being ordered detained in April and faces up to five years in prison at his Oct. 9 sentencing.
• Prosecutors alleged he menaced a hospital nurse in January by swinging an IV pole and threatened a fellow synagogue attendee in March.
• Additional allegations included groping his family’s nanny and evading bridge tolls at least 40 times, according to police and court filings.