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DOJ Employee Charged and Fired After Sandwich Assault on CBP Agent

A bystander video captured the attack shortly after President Trump federalized DC policing under Section 740; the case has become a flashpoint in debates over expanded federal law enforcement presence.

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Overview

  • Sean Charles Dunn confronted U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers on U Street NW on Sunday, shouted expletives at Agent Gregory Lairmore and threw a wrapped sub that struck the officer’s chest.
  • Dunn was apprehended minutes later and during processing admitted, “I did it. I threw a sandwich.”
  • U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced that Dunn has been charged with felony assault on a federal officer and faces up to one year in prison.
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed that Dunn was employed at the Department of Justice and confirmed his immediate termination following the incident.
  • The confrontation took place after President Trump invoked Section 740 to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department and deploy roughly 800 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.