{"id":2480163,"date":"2025-08-28T22:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-man-who-flung-sandwich-at-federal-agent-hit-with-misdemeanor-assault\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:12:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:12:41","slug":"dc-man-who-flung-sandwich-at-federal-agent-hit-with-misdemeanor-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-man-who-flung-sandwich-at-federal-agent-hit-with-misdemeanor-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"DC man who flung sandwich at federal agent hit with misdemeanor assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdc-man-who-flung-sandwich-at-federal-agent-hit-with-misdemeanor-assault%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2480163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that Sean Dunn,a Washington,D.C. man and former Department of Justice employee,was charged with misdemeanor assault after throwing a sandwich at a federal agent during a protest related to the federal government&#8217;s takeover of the city. Initially, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-suspends-kansas-city-chiefs-defensive-end-frank-clark-over-gun-charges\/\" title=\"NFL Suspends Kansas City Chiefs Defensive End Frank Clark Over Gun ...\">prosecutors sought felony charges<\/a> that could have resulted in up to eight years in prison, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >grand jury declined<\/a> to indict Dunn on felony counts, leading to the reduction of charges. The incident was widely publicized after a video of Dunn&#8217;s action went viral. Following the event,Dunn was fired from his government job.His case is now before U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for the coming week. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DC man who flung sandwich at federal agent hit with misdemeanor assault<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2214078\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Federal prosecutors on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">charged<\/a> a man seen throwing a sandwich at a federal agent with a misdemeanor offense after a grand jury declined to bring a harsher felony charge against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, protester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The grand jury <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3784589\/federal-lawyers-felony-indictment-dc-sandwich-guy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently refused to indict Sean Dunn<\/a>, a former government employee, on felony charges, leading to prosecutors&rsquo; latest move to lessen the charges to a simple assault offense.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3786778\/judge-stops-trump-administration-remove-voice-of-america-director\/\">Judge stops Trump administration from ousting Voice of America director<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3786008\/watchdog-group-sues-records-spying-trump-associate-michael-caputo\/\">Watchdog group sues for records on spying targeting Trump associate Michael Caputo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3784589\/federal-lawyers-felony-indictment-dc-sandwich-guy\/\">Federal lawyers fail to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-lawyers-fail-to-secure-felony-indictment-against-dc-sandwich-guy\/\" title=\"Federal lawyers fail to secure felony indictment against DC &#039;... guy&#039;\">secure felony indictment<\/a> against DC &#8216;sandwich guy&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Earlier this month, Dunn hurled a Subway sandwich at a federal agent stationed in Washington as part of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s federal takeover of the nation&rsquo;s capital, a move the White House has branded as an anti-crime effort.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Video capturing Dunn&rsquo;s act of protest against the government takeover went viral, leading U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/former-doj-employee-who-hurled-hoagie-us-customs-and-border-patrol-officer-charged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> level felony charges<\/a> against the district resident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The felony charge would have carried up to eight years in prison. Under the relaxed misdemeanor charge, which does not require prosecutors to go to a grand jury, Dunn would spend under one year in prison for throwing a hoagie sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3784032\/sean-duffy-federal-takeover-dc-union-station\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SEAN DUFFY ANNOUNCES FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF DC&rsquo;S UNION STATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dunn was a Department of Justice employee when he encountered the federal agent. He was fired from his job after the incident.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dunn&rsquo;s case was assigned on Thursday to U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for next week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DC man charged with misdemeanor for sandwich assault on agent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2480164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25237791449640.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50503,50501,61507,10277],"class_list":["post-2480163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-assault-2","tag-dc-2","tag-federal-agent","tag-misdemeanor"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AP25237791449640.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480167,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480163\/revisions\/2480167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}