Prosecutors have charged the man accused of throwing a “Subway” sandwich at a federal officer on a Washington, D.C., street with just misdemeanor assault after failing to convince a grand jury to indict him on a felony assault charge, court records show.
Former Department of Justice employee Sean Charles Dunn is accused of tossing the sandwich at a Customs and Border Protection officer on Aug. 10.
That officer and other federal authorities had been deployed to Washington by President Donald Trump to crack down on what the president has claimed is a rampant crime problem in the capital.
Dunn was fired by the DOJ after his arrest.
He faces much less potential time behind bars if convicted of misdemeanor assault than if he were convicted of the felony prosecutors wanted.
