Sean Dunn was fired from the Department of Justice after video appeared to show him hurling a deli sandwich at an officer.

A man who threw a sandwich at a border agent in Washington DC has been charged with assault as tensions flare between protesters and law enforcement in the US capital.

Sean Charles Dunn, who hurled a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, DC, earlier this week, has been fired from his DOJ role, according to US Attorney General Pam Bondi.