U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks subsequent to U.S. President Donald Trump throughout a press convention about deploying federal regulation enforcement brokers in Washington to bolster the native police presence, within the Press Briefing Room on the White House, in Washington D.C., U.S., August 11, 2025.
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The man going through a felony federal assault cost for allegedly chucking a Subway sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Washington, D.C., was an worker on the Department of Justice, Attorney General Pam Bondi mentioned Thursday.
The man, recognized in court documents as Sean Charles Dunn, has been fired, she mentioned.
Dunn labored within the worldwide affairs part of the legal division of the DOJ. The division this week deployed tons of of federal brokers to D.C. as Trump federalized the city’s police force to deal with what he says is rampant crime within the capital.
“I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER,” Bondi mentioned in an X publish.
“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” she added.
“You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”
A video of the incident, which occurred Sunday evening in Washington’s Northwest part close to the intersection of 14th and U streets, exhibits an agitated man in a pink polo shirt and light-weight shorts chatting with a small group of brokers on a sidewalk, whereas holding a wrapped Subway sandwich in a single hand.
He then winds up and hurls the sandwich into the chest of the officer nearest to him earlier than sprinting away whereas at the very least three officers give chase, the 32-second clip posted by FBI Director Kash Patel exhibits.
Dunn was arrested Wednesday evening, Patel mentioned.
An announcement from a D.C. police detective says that Dunn began shouting and pointing a finger within the face of CBP Agent Gregory Lairmore whereas standing “within inches” of the officer.
“F— you! You f—— fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!” Dunn allegedly mentioned over the course of a number of minutes.
Dunn crossed the road whereas “continuing to yell obscenities” at Lairmore, then approached the officer and “forcefully” threw the sandwich, the detective wrote.
Dunn was apprehended after trying to flee the scene, the court docket doc says.
While being processed by the Metropolitan Police Department, Dunn mentioned, “I did it. I threw a sandwich,” in line with the detective.
The Trump administration has justified the federal takeover of D.C.’s police division — and the president’s deployment of 800 National Guard members to town — by arguing that the strikes are essential to crush violent crime within the capital.
Critics note that official statistics present quite a few classes of crime in D.C., together with ones involving violence, had been already on the decline. Trump claims that these statistics are false.
Some critics have additionally accused the administration of hypocrisy for cracking down on D.C. months after Trump issued blanket pardons for almost all the folks charged in reference to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the U.S. Capitol.
One of these defendants, ex-FBI agent Jared Wise, had been charged in 2023 in connection together with his actions on the Capitol, together with encouraging that violent mob to kill police officers.
The DOJ beneath Trump has reportedly employed Wise for a job drive on “weaponization” of the legal justice system.