A man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in Washington, DC earlier this week has been charged with felony assault. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced the criminal case against Sean Charles Dunn, 37 on Wednesday. In a video shared on X, she wrote: "We're going to back the police to the hilt. So there, stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else."

In a statement to CNN, she added: "The police are not out there to get pushed around or beat up. They have a job to do, and they shouldn't be abused in the process. Count on me to back the blue." Dunn allegedly appeared on video Sunday night shouting that a group of federal officers were "fascists" and then threw his deli sandwich at them which struck a US Customs and Border Protection agent in the chest. He reportedly worked at the Department of Justice. "I did it. I threw a sandwich," the criminal complaint says Dunn confessed to a DC police officer.

Pirro added on X: "He thought it was funny. Well he doesn't think it's funny today because we charged him with a felony: Assault on a police officer. So there, stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else!"

Attorney General Pamela Bondi said on X: "I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice - NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony. This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ."

The incident comes after President Trump started deploying approximately 800 federal officials to support police in fighting crime in DC last week. On Monday, he became the first president to assert federal control over the DC Metropolitan Police Department. He did so by invoking Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

This has been done despite figures from Washington DC's Metropolitan Police showing violent offences hit their lowest level in 30 years in 2024 after a peak in 2023.

According to the White House, the additional federal personnel have carried out over one hundred arrests so far, with 23 on Monday and 43 on Tuesday alone. Among those detained are 33 individuals accused of firearms offences, twenty-three believed to be in the country unlawfully, ten with outstanding warrants, and seven sought in connection with drug-related crimes.