A trial date has been set for November 3 in the case against the man accused of throwing a sub-style sandwich at a law enforcement officer in the early days of President Donald Trump’s federal anti-crime surge in Washington, DC.
The man, Sean Charles Dunn, pleaded not guilty to a lesser misdemeanor charge during an arraignment Wednesday after a grand jury declined to indict him on a felony assault charge prosecutors sought.
The former Department of Justice employee – who was quickly and publicly fired after the incident – appeared in court dressed in a white button-down and tie, sporting a goatee and neatly combed hair. He spoke very little during Wednesday’s hearing.
Prosecutors originally charged Dunn with a felony assault charge, citing video that allegedly showed Dunn yelling at