A man who hurled a sandwich at a federal agent in a fit of fury over President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., was cleared on Thursday of a misdemeanor assault charge.

Sean Dunn, a former U.S. Justice Department staffer, was found not guilty of assaulting or impeding a federal officer after a three-day trial in Washington federal court that highlighted tensions in the capital over Trump’s deployment of law enforcement agents and the National Guard to curb crime.

Dunn was captured on a widely shared video berating officers as “fascists” before throwing a sub-style sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on duty in a nightlife neighborhood on August 10. The 23-year veteran agent, Gregory Lairmore, testified during the trial that the incident generat

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