D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting a federal agent, jury finds

A federal jury in Washington, D.C., on Thursday found Sean Charles Dunn, a former Justice Department paralegal who became known online as “the sandwich guy,” not guilty of misdemeanor assault after a viral August confrontation with federal agents on a D.C. street.

The verdict closes a surreal yet consequential case that began when Dunn, frustrated by the Trump administration’s militarization of the capital, tossed a wrapped Subway sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer. His attorneys called it a “symbolic act of protest.” Prosecutors argued it was a federal crime.

The jury sided with Dunn.

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