Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged a man seen throwing a sandwich at a federal agent with a misdemeanor offense after a grand jury declined to bring a harsher felony charge against the Washington, D.C. , protester.

The grand jury recently refused to indict Sean Dunn , a former government employee, on felony charges, leading to prosecutors’ latest move to lessen the charges to a simple assault offense.

Earlier this month, Dunn hurled a Subway sandwich at a federal agent stationed in Washington as part of President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the nation’s capital, a move the White House has branded as an anti-crime effort.

Video capturing Dunn’s act of protest against the government takeover went viral, leading U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to

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