U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ferris Pirro speaks during a press conference announcing the indictment of the Haitian gang leader Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier for conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions, at the Department of Justice, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 12, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro — who is now the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia — posted a video on Wednesday bragging about charging a man who threw a sandwich at a police officer with a felony. Now, the Department of Justice's top prosecutor is being flooded with responses on social media.

According to the New York Times, the man in question, 37 year-old Sean C. Dunn, threw a Subway sandwich at the chest of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer on Tuesday night near 14th and U Streets in Washington D.C., while calling federal officers "fascists." A detective said that Dunn admitted to his crime, saying: "I did it. I threw the sandwich." He faces up to one year in prison if convicted.

"Assault a law enforcement officer, and you’ll be prosecuted," Pirro wrote on X. "This guy thought it was funny—well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today, because we charged him with a felony."

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Pirro's tweet was met with widespread ridicule by journalists, commentators, legal experts and others on social media, many of whom posted images from the violent January 6. 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in which multiple officers were harmed. NPR investigative correspondent Tom Dreisbach responded to Pirro's post by tweeting: "When President Trump came to office, he ended ongoing investigations into assaults on officers on Jan. 6, 2021." Journalist Zaid Jilani posted a screenshot of Trump's executive order pardoning participants in the insurrection, adding "????"

Daily Kos writer Emily C. Singer quote-posted Pirro's tweet saying people who attacked police officers would be "prosecuted" and then countered: "Except if you’re a Trumper on Jan 6. Then we’ll pardon you and give you jobs." This may be a reference to DOJ senior advisor Jared Wise, who was recorded on video encouraging January 6 rioters to "kill" police officers. Former U.S. Ambassador Luis Moreno made a similar argument, also pointing out that Capitol rioters who assaulted police officers got a "presidential pardon."

"How about these assaults against law enforcement in DC," wrote former Obama administration official Brett Bruen, who also posted an image of rioters attacking police on January 6.

"You know DC crime’s bad - the U.S. Attorney made a video when a guy threw a Subway sandwich at a cop," former federal prosecutor and MSNBC contributor Kristy Greenberg wrote. "Call the National Guard - that sandwich had some mustard on it."

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