A US man charged with using a sandwich to assault a law enforcement officer was acquitted Thursday after a jury decided that charges brought by President Donald Trump's prosecutors were baloney.

The prosecution made a surprise local hero of 37-year-old Sean Dunn, who was protesting Trump's shock takeover of law enforcement in the capital Washington.

He was accused of flinging a "sub-style sandwich" at an armed Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent on August 10 in a busy nightlife district after shouting expletives at the officer.

The officer was part of a huge crackdown ordered by Trump, with multiple agencies and troops deploying in Washington and several other Democratic-run cities, ostensibly to fight what the Republican president says are crime waves and anarchy.

Prosecutors wa

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