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Grand jury declines to indict man who threw sandwich at federal "goon"

Rob Beschizza
Aug 27, 2025
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A sandwich similar to the one thrown by Mr. Dunn (right)

The old joke is that grand juries are so pliant a prosecutor could get one to indict a ham sandwich. But they couldn't get this one to indict the guy who threw a sandwich at a masked federal agent in Washington D.C.

The grand jury's rejection of the felony charge was a remarkable failure by the U.S.…

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