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Not guilty verdict for D.C. ‘Sandwich guy’ humiliates federal prosecutors.
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“Not guilty” was the verdict handed down by a Washington, D.C. jury on charges that John C. Dunn assaulted a federal agent with a submarine sandwich. The misdemeanor charge alleged that the 37-year-old man hurled the salami sub at “point-blank” range. Dunn, who didn't deny throwing the sandwich, said it was in protest of President Donald Trump's crackdown on the nation's capital.
Jurors viewed a video of the sandwich being thrown and Dunn’s statement after the arrest: “I did it.
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