Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed Thursday that the man arrested after he allegedly threw a Subway sandwich at police officers was a Department of Justice (DOJ) employee.
United States Attorney Jeanine Pirro of the District of Columbia warned in a post on X Wednesday that those who assaulted cops would be charged, referencing the man, Charles Dunn, who was arrested after the incident. Bondi announced in a post on X that the man worked for the DOJ, but he has since been fired.
“If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you,” Bondi said. “I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony.”
“This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven months as we work to refocus DOJ,” Bondi continued. “You will NOT work in this administration while disrespecting our government and law enforcement.”
If you touch any law enforcement officer, we will come after you.
I just learned that this defendant worked at the Department of Justice — NO LONGER. Not only is he FIRED, he has been charged with a felony.
This is an example of the Deep State we have been up against for seven… https://t.co/l1jWVjLJPA
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) August 14, 2025
The now-former DOJ employee, who was an international affairs specialist in the Office of International Affairs for the Criminal Division, according to a DOJ official who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation, was allegedly seen in a video posted on X yelling at the law enforcement officer before he threw the sandwich at the officer and took off running. The officers apprehended the man after a foot chase.
“The president’s message to the criminals was, ‘If you spit, we hit,’” Pirro said in the video she posted on X Wednesday. “Well, we didn’t quite do that the other night when an individual went up to one of the federal law enforcement officers and started jumping up and down, screaming at him, berating him, yelling at him.”
“And then he took a Subway sandwich … and took it and threw it at the officer. He thought it was funny,” Pirro continued. “Well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today because we charged him with a felony, assault on a police officer.”
President Donald Trump announced the deployment of the National Guard and declared a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to combat crime in the district Monday, days after Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward Coristine, known by the moniker “Big Balls,” was severely injured when he intervened to help a woman being attacked by a mob trying to carry out a carjacking.
Michael Pulliam, a high-ranking MPD official, was suspended over allegations regarding the manipulation of crime data, NBC Washington reported.
Despite claims from Democrats that violent crime has declined by roughly one-third, MPD data on such incidents reportedly excludes cases of aggravated assault and felony assault, even though Washington laws characterize those offenses as violent.
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