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 fired by the US attorney general after being identified as a justice department employee.

Sean Dunn, a former Department of Justice employee, was charged with felony assault after throwing a sandwich at a federal official. Video footage of the incident sees Dunn throw the sandwich at the officer's chest,