FBI and Border Patrol officers speak with Sean Charles Dunn, after he allegedly assaulted law enforcement with a sandwich, along the U Street corridor during a federal law enforcement deployment to the nation’s capital on Aug. 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.
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A federal jury in Washington, D.C., on Thursday found former Department of Justice employee Sean Dunn not guilty of assaulting a federal agent whom he had thrown a Subway sandwich at in August.
Dunn’s acquittal was the latest rebuke to the DOJ in the case.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s prosecutors previously failed to get a grand jury in D.C. to indict Dunn on a felony assault charge.
Pirro’s office then filed a misdemeanor charge against him that went to trial this week.
Dunn was charged in connection with tossing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection office on Aug. 10 along the U Street nightlife corridor in Washington. That officer and other federal authorities were deployed by President Donald Trump in response to what the president claimed was rampant crime in the capital city.
“F— you! You f—ing fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” Dunn allegedly shouted at a group of federal officers before hurling the sandwich at one of them.
A person walks past art work depicting former DOJ employee Sean Charles Dunn is displayed against a restaurant wall on August 17, 2025 in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington.
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