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, DC.
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A federal jury in Washington, D.C., on Thursday found former Department of Justice paralegal Sean Dunn not guilty of assaulting a federal agent whom he had thrown a Subway sandwich at in August.
Dunn’s acquittal after just several hours of deliberations was the latest rebuke to the DOJ in the case.
U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro’s prosecutors previously failed to get a grand jury in D.C. to indict the 37-year-old on a felony assault charge.
Pirro’s office then filed a misdemeanor charge against him, which went to trial this week. Jurors began deliberations on Wednesday.
Dunn was charged in connection with tossing a sandwich at Customs and Border Protection Officer Greg Lairmore on on Aug. 10 along the U Street nightlife corridor in Washington.
Lairmore and other federal authorities were deployed in D.C. by President Donald Trump in response to what the president claimed was rampant crime in the capital city.
“F— you! You f—ing fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” Dunn allegedly shouted at a group of federal officers before hurling the sandwich at one of them.
Dunn was fired by the DOJ, where he worked in the criminal division’s international affairs section, after his arrest.
A person walks past art work depicting former DOJ employee Sean Charles Dunn is displayed against a restaurant wall on August 17, 2025 in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington.
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