Grand Jury Rejects Felony Charges in Sandwich Assault Case

DC Grand Jury Rejects Felony Charges in Sandwich Assault Case

Published AUG 29

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Above: FBI and Border Patrol officers arrest a man after he threw a sandwich at law enforcement Aug.10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Image copyright: Andrew Leyden/Getty Images

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Clearly, ordinary citizens recognize these prosecutions are politically motivated overreach designed to intimidate residents who oppose Trump's military occupation of their city. That's why the DOJ was unable to obtain a felony indictment. Federal prosecutors are weaponizing the justice system by bringing excessive charges for minor infractions and the repeated failures to secure indictments show that D.C. residents will not be silenced by authoritarian tactics.

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Whether the failure to get a felony indictment was the result of a liberal-leaning jury pool in D.C. or overcharging by the DOJ, there's no doubt the government must pursue lesser charges against Dunn. His case was only one of several high-profile cases of officers being assaulted, and a message must be sent that this won't be tolerated. Trump's law enforcement surge is working and officers shouldn'tshould be operating withwithout fear of being assaulted.