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Washington — A man who was charged with throwing a sandwich at a federal agent was found not guilty of one count of misdemeanor assault after a jury trial in Washington, D.C. The acquittal of the man, Sean Dunn, comes after federal prosecutors failed to secure a felony indictment against him from a grand jury in Washington in the immediate aftermath of the incident. He instead faced a federal misdemeanor assault charge for allegedly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.… Dunn did not testify in his own defense, and his legal team did not present...

A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention. [cut] There was no dispute over whether Dunn threw the sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on the night of Aug. 10. But his lawyers argued it was a “harmless gesture” during an act of protest protected by the First Amendment. [cut] Dunn lawyers urged the judge to dismiss the case for what they alleged was a vindictive...

A kinder, gentler judicial system has emerged again in Washington, D.C., now that leftists are facing criminal charges over President Donald Trump’s move to curb crime in the city. The same system that put Paulette Harlow, a frail 77-year-old grandmother, in federal prison for blocking and praying in front of the door of a Washington abortion facility can’t find a thing wrong with a belligerent man whacking a law enforcement officer in the chest with a foot-long Subway sandwich and attempting to flee on foot. Sean Charles Dunn, the disgraced hoagie hurler, was charged this month with a felony for...

A man was arrested and charged with felony assault after throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent on the streets of Washington, D.C., earlier this week. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed on Thursday that the man worked for the Department of Justice.A video recorded by a bystander showed 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn confronting federal agents who were dispatched under President Donald Trump’s order to federalize the D.C. police department and address the capital’s violent crime. In the video, Dunn shouts at the federal agents, calling them “fascists” and yelling, “F*** you!”Dunn began to walk away with his Subway sandwich,...