A jury began deliberating Wednesday in the Justice Department 's assault case against a man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent, turning him into a symbol of resistance to President Donald Trump ’s law-enforcement surge in the nation's capital.

Prosecutors told jurors that Sean Charles Dunn broke the law when he threw his submarine sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on the night of Aug. 10.

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One of Dunn's lawyers urged the jury to acquit Dunn, a former Justice Department employee, of a misdemeanor assault charge after a two-day trial. Defense attorney Sabrina Shroff questioned why the case was brought in the first place.

“A footlong from Subway could not and certainly did not inflict any

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