A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., declined on Wednesday to indict former Justice Department paralegal Sean Charles Dunn on a felony charge of assaulting a federal officer after he threw a sub-style sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent on 10 Aug. near the busy 14th and U Streets corridor. Prosecutors in the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro had sought the felony count, arguing that Dunn’s action—captured on video and widely circulated online—constituted a serious attack on law enforcement deployed under President Donald Trump’s public-safety crackdown. Dunn, 37, was fired from the Justice Department following his arrest on 13 Aug. Grand-jury refusals are rare: Justice Department data show only 11 no-bills out of more than 160,000 federal cases in a recent two-year span. The panel’s decision marks the second time in days that D.C. jurors have rebuffed prosecutors trying to bring felony assault charges tied to the administration’s policing surge, underscoring mounting pushback from local jurors and some judges. Under the Speedy Trial Act, prosecutors have 30 days from Dunn’s arrest to attempt another indictment before a different grand jury or to downgrade the case to a misdemeanor, which does not require grand-jury approval. Dunn has not entered a plea. The failed indictment comes against the backdrop of Trump’s deployment of federal agents and National Guard troops to the capital, a move the White House says has produced more than 1,094 arrests and driven violent crime down by nearly half since 7 Aug.