A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trumps law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.

A viral video of the sandwich-tossing made Sean Charles Dunn a symbol of resistance to Trumps deployment of federal agents to combat crime in the nations capital. His misdemeanor acquittal is another setback for prosecutors, who have faced a backlash for how they have handled criminal cases resulting from the law enforcement surge.

There was no dispute over whether Dunn threw the sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on the night of Aug. 10. But his lawyers argued it was a harmless gesture during an act of protest protected by the

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