Jury Acquits Man Who Threw a Salami Sub at Federal Agents in D.C.

Attorneys for Sean Dunn, 37, described the throwing of the sandwich as “a harmless gesture” and argued the case was “a blatant abuse of power.”

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A D.C. jury showed no appetite for the Trump administration’s case against a man who threw a salami sandwich at a federal agent earlier this year, acquitting the 37-year-old after seven hours of deliberation.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office said Sean Dunn, an Air Force veteran, was not on trial for protesting but for “throwing a sandwich at a federal officer at point-blank range.”

After deliberations stretched into a second day, a trial jury dismissed the government’s misdemeanor charge, which they earlier agreed to downgrade from a felony.