{"id":9401,"date":"2025-08-28T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/dc-man-accused-of-hurling-sandwich-at-federal-officer-escapes-indictment\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T00:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:01:15","slug":"dc-man-accused-of-hurling-sandwich-at-federal-officer-escapes-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/dc-man-accused-of-hurling-sandwich-at-federal-officer-escapes-indictment\/","title":{"rendered":"DC man accused of hurling sandwich at federal officer escapes indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A former Department of Justice employee who prosecutors say threw a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., has avoided indictment for felony assault, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Charles Dunn, 37, was allegedly caught on video shouting obscenities at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents standing near 14th and U streets on Aug. 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said Dunn yelled, &#8220;Why are you here? I don\u2019t want you in my city!&#8221; while confronting the agents. At one point he was said to call an officer a &#8220;fascist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He is then allegedly seen tossing his sub-style sandwich at one of the officers, whacking him in the chest before running off. Witnesses can be heard giggling as federal agents give chase, the viral video showed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-charged-felony-after-allegedly-whacking-federal-agent-sandwich-amid-trumps-dc-crime-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>MAN CHARGED WITH FELONY AFTER ALLEGEDLY WHACKING FEDERAL AGENT WITH SANDWICH AMID TRUMP\u2019S DC CRIME CRACKDOWN<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was chased down, arrested, and later fired from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/justice-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOJ<\/a> position.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, prosecutors from the office of <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/person\/p\/jeanine-pirro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro <\/a>asked a federal grand jury to indict Dunn for felony assault of a federal officer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/08\/27\/us\/politics\/trump-sandwich-assault-indictment-justice-department.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a> first reported, the grand jury voted against returning an indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Pirro, who has vowed to aggressively pursue cases under President Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/majority-americans-approve-how-trump-combating-crime-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-crime push<\/a> in Washington, posted a video after the incident, saying: &#8220;He thought it was funny. Well, he doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s funny today, because we charged him with felony assault on a police officer, and we\u2019re going to back the police to the hilt. So there. Stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dunn allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/food-drink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lobbed the Subway sandwich<\/a> at the officer as President Trump\u2019s law-and-order initiative in the capital got underway.<\/p>\n<p>This included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/dc-shop-owners-alarmed-out-control-youth-crime-trump-deploys-national-guard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Guard deployments<\/a> and expanded federal law enforcement presence. According to the White House, the crackdown has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests to date.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear if prosecutors will try to indict Dunn on lesser charges.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; FOX NEWS<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the website foxnews.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. 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