Sean Dunn's attorney acknowledged he threw the sandwich, but argued it was a "harmless gesture".

Customs and Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore told the jury the snack “exploded all over him” and he “could smell the onions and mustard” on his uniform.

Neither side disputes that Sean Dunn, 37, did in fact lob obscenities and a deli-style sandwich at officers deployed by President Donald Trump to patrol the nation’s capital in August. But Mr Dunn’s lawyer argues it was not a criminal act.

The incident was captured on video and went viral, making Mr Dunn a symbol of opposition in Washington DC to Trump.

Government prosecutors initially tried to secure felony charges against Mr Dunn, but a grand jury declined to indict him. Prosecutors have instead charged him with a lower-level misdemeanour assault.

  • aramis87@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    “I could feel it through my ballistic vest,” he said of the sandwich’s impact, adding that an onion string hung from his police radio and mustard stained his shirt.

    Not the dreaded onion string!!!