DC "Sandwich Guy" Acquitted: Jury Rejects Assault Charge Over CBP Confrontation
Verdict caps a high-profile trial from Trump’s DC task-force days and underscores grand juries’ and trial jurors’ resistance to stretching protest into crime.
WASHINGTON — A federal jury on Thursday found former Justice Department employee Sean Charles Dunn, 37, not guilty of misdemeanor assault stemming from a viral encounter in which he threw a sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer at 14th & U NW.
The verdict in U.S. District Court in Washington came after roughly seven hours of deliberation across two days, with jurors declining to convict Dunn under the statute barring the assault, resistance, or interference of federal officers. The acquittal spares Dunn a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail, along with possible fines and probation.
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“I’m relieved and I’m looking forward to moving on with my life,” Dunn told reporters after hugging his lawyers when the jury was dismissed. “That night I believe that I was protecting the rights of immigrants,” he added.