Overview
- Sean Charles Dunn was found not guilty of misdemeanor assault for throwing a wrapped Subway sandwich at Customs and Border Protection agent Greg Lairmore on Aug. 10 in Washington’s U Street corridor.
- Jurors deliberated for roughly seven hours after a three-day trial that featured videos, a photo showing the sandwich still wrapped on the ground, and testimony that it struck the agent’s ballistic vest.
- The defense framed the toss as a symbolic, non-injurious act of protest, while prosecutors argued it constituted unlawful interference during President Trump’s law-enforcement surge in the city.
- Prosecutors initially sought a felony indictment that a grand jury declined; after the acquittal, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said her office accepts the verdict but stressed officers should not be subjected to assaults.
- Dunn, a former Justice Department employee who was fired by Attorney General Pam Bondi, expressed relief and said he believed he was defending immigrants, as the viral incident made him a local protest symbol.