The man who slung a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, D.C., and was unwittingly transformed into an opposition symbol of President Trump’s local crime crackdown has been found not guilty of misdemeanor assault after a trial.

A jury handed down the not guilty verdict Thursday against Sean Dunn, a former Department of Justice (DOJ) employee who hurled a hoagie after confronting a group of officers patrolling a popular nightlife area of the nation’s capital.

CBP agent Gregory Lairmore, who was the government’s first witness, told jurors that the sandwich “exploded” on his chest, saying he could feel it strike through his ballistic vest.

“You could smell the onions and the mustard,” Lairmore said.

“He did it. He threw the sandwich,” defense attorney Julia Gatto told the jury. “And now the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia has turned that moment — a thrown sandwich — into a criminal case, a federal criminal case, charging a federal offense.”

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5593708-sandwich-guy-verdict-dc/