Dramatic video shows feds re-arresting Subway sandwich slinger after he pelted officer with hero in DC
Sean Charles Dunn, 37, was cuffed a second time inside his apartment about a mile northwest of the White House — after being slapped with a felony assault charge.
Footage of the raid was posted by the White House on X Thursday evening with the caption: 'Nighttime Routine: Operation Make D.C. Safe Again Edition.'
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In a stunning twist, Attorney General Pam Bondi had revealed hours earlier that Dunn was a DOJ Criminal Division employee.
4 Sean Charles Dunn faces a felony assault charge for throwing his sandwich at a federal agent.
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4 Dunn was fired by the Justice Department Criminal Division following his initial arrest Sunday.
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In the same statement, Bondi announced Dunn was fired from his post as an international affairs specialist working to help extradite criminal suspects to and from the US.
'This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,' the AG said. 'You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.'
'He thought it was funny,' DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Wednesday in announcing the federal case. 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!'
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Dunn initially was arrested Sunday night after allegedly berating a group of Customs and Border Protection officers as 'fascists' before pelting one with his late-night snack — in what observers said appeared to be an alcohol-fueled rage.
4 Attorney General Pam Bondi referred to Dunn as part of the 'deep state.'
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4 US Attorney Jeanine Pirro accused Dunn of thinking the encounter was funny.
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Trump announced a surge of federal officials to help DC police fight violent crime Aug. 7 and escalated the effort Monday by asserting federal control over the Metropolitan Police Department and mobilizing the National Guard.
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Dunn wielded his deli weapon at the intersection of DC's 14th and U Streets — across from a McDonald's where a 16-year-old girl was stabbed to death in 2023 in a dispute over sweet and sour sauce.
Just a couple blocks north of the site, a crowd of hecklers appeared to prompt federal agents to discontinue a vehicle checkpoint on Wednesday night.
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