The former Justice Department employee, who threw a sub at federal officers in Washington and came to be known as “Sandwich Guy,” wasn’t indicted on a federal felony charge.

You could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich, the saying goes, but, in Washington, a federal grand jury just declined to indict a man for throwing a salami sub.

The grand jury did not return an indictment against a former Justice Department employee who was seen on camera throwing a hoagie at the chest of one of the federal officers President Donald Trump has deployed in the nation’s capital, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The grand jury’s decision not to indict Sean Dunn is another sign of pushback from Washington, D.C., residents over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and other federal law enforcement agencies in the city, who have put a particular focus on immigration enforcement. The New York Times was first to report the news

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      2 days ago

      They may have charged him with a hate crime if he threw a ham sandwich at a police officer.