Verdict Drops In Case of Former DoJ Staffer Who Threw Sandwich At Fed

A Washington, D.C. jury has acquitted former Department of Justice employee Sean Dunn, despite video evidence showing him throwing a sandwich at federal agents and fleeing the scene — a verdict that sharply contrasts with the harsh punishments handed down to hundreds of January 6 defendants for far less aggressive conduct.

Dunn, who worked as a DOJ paralegal, was arrested in August after hurling a Subway sandwich at federal agents during a nighttime patrol in the capital. In the viral video, Dunn can be heard yelling “fascists!” before running away. He was later detained and charged by the office of D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, which ultimately filed misdemeanor charges.

After seven hours of deliberation, the jury found Dunn not guilty.

“I believe that I was protecting the rights of immigrants,” Dunn said after the verdict. “E Pluribus Unum… every life matters, no matter where you came from.”

Dunn’s attorneys portrayed the assault as a “harmless act of protest” against President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in D.C., describing it as an “exclamation point” of free speech.

“It was a harmless gesture at the end of him exercising his right to speak out,” defense attorney Julia Gatto argued. “He is overwhelmingly not guilty.”

Prosecutors countered that Dunn’s political beliefs did not excuse attacking a federal officer, noting that he was a Justice Department employee at the time.

Still, the jury sided with the defense — a decision conservatives say underscores the two-tiered justice system that has defined Washington under the Biden administration, where political allies walk free while Trump supporters face years in prison for far less.

“This is exactly what Americans mean when they talk about selective justice,” said one former federal prosecutor. “If this were a MAGA voter throwing so much as a plastic cup at an agent, he’d already be in solitary confinement.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Dunn’s firing immediately after his arrest, calling him “an example of the Deep State” and a symptom of political rot inside the federal bureaucracy.

The verdict came the same week that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the arrest of Naqwan Lucas, 18, the third suspect charged in the June murder of congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21.

Pirro revealed that Lucas, along with Kelvin Thomas Jr. and Jailen Lucas, was already known to the juvenile court system, and she blasted D.C. leaders for their soft-on-crime policies.

“We live in a district where all three of these juveniles that I just mentioned are known to the juvenile court,” Pirro said. “That’s all I’m gonna say. I can’t say more, and I want to.”

The murder occurred on June 30, when multiple suspects opened fire near 7th Street Northwest, killing Tarpinian-Jachym and 22-year-old Zoey Kelley. Officials later confirmed the intern was not the intended target — but yet another casualty of D.C.’s rising violent crime.

While violent criminals continue to terrorize the nation’s capital with impunity, juries in Washington appear more focused on absolving government insiders than protecting public safety.