US EditionJury deliberates in assault case against DC man who threw sandwich at federal agent in viral video
- Trial opening in Washington, D.C., centers on Sean Dunn’s misdemeanor assault for throwing a sandwich at Customs and Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore outside a nightclub on Aug. 10.
- Amid President Donald Trump's federal surge in D.C., Sean Charles Dunn threw the sandwich as protest, lost his Department of Justice job, and Attorney General Pam Bondi flagged him as 'an example of the Deep State.'
- Courtroom evidence included photographs of the sandwich and wrapper on the ground, a bystander's cellphone video that went viral, and Customs and Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore's testimony about feeling the sandwich through his ballistic vest.
- A grand jury's decision reduced the charge to a misdemeanor after declining felony charges, and Assistant U.S. Attorney John Parron told jurors `No matter who you are, you can't just go around throwing stuff at people because you're mad`.
- Dunn's attorneys have called the prosecution selective, citing Pam Bondi's posts and a White House video, while jurors must weigh protest rights against federal law enforcement authority.
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Even Sandwich Guy's victim thought attack was hilarious: lawyer
Sean Dunn appeared in court on Wednesday for the final day of trial for throwing a sandwich at a federal agent — and his lawyers said even the victim considered the crime a joke.Dunn was berating Border Patrol and ICE officials standing on a Washington, D.C. street corner when he chucked his foot-lo...
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Jury deliberates in assault case against DC man who threw sandwich at federal agent in viral video
A jury is deliberating in the Justice Department’s assault case against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent, turning him into a symbol of resistance to President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the nation’s capital.
DC sandwich thrower's misdemeanor assault case nears closing arguments
FBI and Border Patrol officers speak with Sean Charles Dunn, after he allegedly assaulted law enforcement with a sandwich, along the U Street corridor during a federal law enforcement deployment to the nation’s capital on Aug. 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Leyden/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The man accused of throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent in Washington, D.C., waived his right to testify in court Wednesday…
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