Jury finds D.C. sandwich thrower Sean Dunn not guilty of misdemeanor assault
Source: MSNBC- Deadline: Legal Blog
Sean Dunn was found not guilty by a Washington, D.C., jury of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal officer with a sandwich, The Associated Press reported. The verdict in the case of the man who became a folk hero in the nation’s capital follows a D.C. grand jury’s refusal to approve a felony indictment against him — seemingly a much rarer occurrence prior to Donald Trump’s second presidential term.
But this year has featured several such occurrences, in both the grand jury and at trial, in cases involving alleged assaults on law enforcement and the alleged solicitation of violence against Trump himself. Another D.C. jury returned a not guilty verdict in the case of Sidney Reid, whom prosecutors also charged with a misdemeanor assault after grand jurors refused to indict her an incredible three times. A federal jury outside of D.C. in Virginia returned a not guilty verdict in the case of a man alleged to have solicited Trump’s assassination with social media posts.....
According to the initial complaint and statement of facts filed against him, Dunn allegedly called federal agents “fascists,” said he didn’t want them “in my city” and struck an agent in the chest with a “sub-style sandwich.”
Ahead of trial, Dunn’s defense lawyers called his prosecution “a blatant abuse of power.” They argued that the government “has chosen to bring a criminal case over conduct so minor it would be comical — were it not for the unmistakable retaliatory motive behind it and the resulting risk to Mr. Dunn.” They noted that he “tossed a sandwich at a fully armed, heavily protected Customs and Border Protection” officer, but they maintained that “that act alone would never have drawn a federal charge. What did was the political speech that accompanied it.”
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That BP agent should be charged with perjury for lying on the stand.
He testified that the sub sandwich exploded when it hit is utility vest, he said he could smell the onions and whatnot, but a picture of the sandwich showed it was still in it's wrapper and intact, maybe the picture is what convinced the jury to acquit him, or they're sending a message to Bondi, Pirro and DHS.
I think he "was asking for it"---- "because of the way" he "was dressed" !!!!!
as one of the stupidest statements ever uttered in a courtroom.
and they were chuckling at how the police report stated the "victim" was hit with the sandwich at "point blank range"
I bought the t-shirt that few people remember who he is.
I wear it proudly and explain how the DOJ can’t get an indictment of a guilty ham sandwich.
. . .to kick a duck in the ass, on the Trump DOJ's part.
And even then, they missed the mark.
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/06/dc-sandwich-guy-trial-trump-federal-takeover/
The one-sided food fight, which was captured on video and spread through social media, became a slapstick symbol of resistance to Trump’s summertime takeover of local law enforcement. The defendant, Sean C. Dunn, said he was speaking out against fascism and anti-migrant policies from the Trump administration.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said the 37-year-old Air Force veteran was not on trial for protesting but for “throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range.” Prosecutors sought to indict Dunn on a felony assault count, but a grand jury rejected that charge, and prosecutors downgraded it to a misdemeanor......
Defense attorney Sabrina Shroff then displayed a photo of the wrapped sandwich lying on the ground and pressed the agent to clarify whether it had really exploded. Lairmore said a piece of the sub seemed to be visible in the photo. “I had mustard and condiments on my uniform, and an onion hanging from my radio antenna that night,” the agent said.
During closing arguments Wednesday, Shroff questioned whether Lairmore really felt threatened, noting that his co-workers gave him a plush toy sandwich as a gag gift, which he displayed on his office shelf, and an insignia that he affixed on his lunchbox, showing a likeness of Dunn hoisting a hoagie above the words “Felony Footlong.”
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“No assault with a deli weapon after all,” joked one
reporter after the verdict.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dc-sandwich-guy-acquitted
