US EditionEx-US Justice Department staffer who tossed sandwich at federal agent pleads not guilty
Sean Charles Dunn, 37, denied assault after throwing a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection agent; his trial is set for Nov. 3, court records show.
- Sean Charles Dunn, a former attorney for the Justice Department, entered a plea of not guilty Wednesday in response to a misdemeanor assault charge stemming from an incident in Washington last month where he threw a sandwich at a federal agent.
- The event took place on the evening of August 10, shortly after President Trump deployed federal officers to D.C., and was recorded in a widely shared video showing Dunn throwing a sandwich at an agent from Customs and Border Protection.
- Dunn confronted CBP agents, used offensive language including calling an agent a fascist, and threw a sandwich at him before attempting to flee; he was subsequently caught and charged last week, with his case overseen by U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a nominee from the Trump administration’s initial term.
- The court scheduled Dunn’s jury trial to begin on November 3, and his attorney, Sabrina P. Shroff, confirmed that Dunn has formally requested a jury trial; meanwhile, a grand jury declined to bring felony charges against him.
- The case highlights rare grand jury resistance amid Trump’s law-enforcement surge, which has led to over 2,000 arrests since August 7 and more than 50 cases filed in the district court.
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Ex-US Justice Department staffer who tossed sandwich at federal agent pleads not guilty
A former U.S. Justice Department employee who hurled a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime in Washington pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a single charge of assaulting, resisting and impeding officers.
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Man who hurled sandwich at federal agent pleads not guilty to assault charge
A former Justice Department attorney accused of hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in the nation’s capital — a confrontation captured in a viral video — pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a misdemeanor assault charge.
DC 'sandwich guy' pleads not guilty to misdemeanor assault, trial set for November
The man accused of slinging a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., which turned him into a symbol of opposition to President Trump’s crackdown on local crime, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault. Sean Charles Dunn, 37, entered the plea in federal court Wednesday afternoon. He stood before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols with his hands behind his back, bending over to speak “not guilty” into a microphone. The judge s…
DC ‘sandwich guy’ pleads not guilty to misdemeanor assault, trial set for November
The man accused of slinging a sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, D.C., which turned him into a symbol of opposition to President Trump’s crackdown on local crime, has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault.
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