For throwing food at law enforcement in Washington, D.C., a man faces a charge that was brought against Jan. 6 defendants, whom Trump later helped.
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/man-throws-subway-sandwich-charges-trump-dc-crime-rcna224975
Former Fox News host and current top Washington prosecutor Jeanine Pirro published a video Wednesday, accompanied by: “Assault a law enforcement officer, and you’ll be prosecuted. This guy thought it was funny — well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today, because we charged him with a felony.”
....The complaint’s attached statement of facts from a detective alleges that Dunn began shouting late Sunday at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Gregory Lairmore, who is subsequently referred to as “V-1” for being the alleged victim. The statement says Dunn “stood within inches of V-1, pointed his finger in V-1’s face, and yelled, ‘F--- you! You f---ing fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!’” The statement further alleges that Dunn “approached V-1 and threw a sandwich at him, striking V-1 in the chest” after “winding his arm back and forcefully throwing” the “sub-style sandwich.”
The statement concludes by saying Dunn “attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended” and that he later told an officer: “I did it. I threw a sandwich.”....
On Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi further highlighted Dunn’s case, writing that she had just learned he worked at the DOJ but that he is now “FIRED” in addition to facing a felony charge. “If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you,” Bondi wrote, calling Dunn an example of the “Deep State” the administration has been fighting.
She concluded: “You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”
The attorney general’s concluding line about not working in the administration while disrespecting law enforcement is notable in light of (among other things) the administration’s hiring of Jared Wise. My colleague Steve Benen recently highlighted that Wise had urged fellow rioters to “kill” the officers defending the Capitol and called them “Nazi” and “Gestapo.” The DOJ called Wise “a valued member of the Justice Department.”...
It’s too early to know how Dunn’s case will end, but it won’t be entirely up to the administration, which seems intent on making an example of him. How it ends could partly be up to the judiciary and, if it gets that far, a trial jury. Initially, any felony case would need to get through a grand jury to move forward. Given the relatively low evidentiary bar in the grand jury, it’s been said that a prosecutor could indict a ham sandwich. So an initial question if the DOJ presses such a case is whether D.C. grand jurors present an obstacle in this literal sandwich case.
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