D.C. prosecutors brought felony charges against a man accused of throwing a Subway sandwich at a federal agent in a viral confrontation during the first days of President Trump’s takeover of policing in the nation’s capital.

Court documents said Sean Charles Dunn, 37, faces charges of assaulting federal law enforcement over the caught-on-video altercation late Sunday on the 2000 block of 14th Street Northwest.

The filing said Mr. Dunn got in the face of a Customs and Border Patrol Agent and yelled “F—- you! You f——— fascists! Why are you here? I don’t want you in my city!”

At the end of his tirade, the documents said Mr. Dunn was seen “winding his arm back and forcefully throwing a sub-style sandwich” at the agent.

Prosecutors said Mr. Dunn tried to run away, but he was quickly tracked down by agents. Court documents said he admitted to throwing the sandwich.

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“He thought it was funny,” Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said in her own video announcing the charges.”Well, he doesn’t think it’s funny today because we charged him with a felony, assault on a police officer, and we’re gonna back the police to the hilt. So there, stick your Subway sandwich somewhere else.”

Federal agents and National Guard troops have been deployed across the District after Mr. Trump launched a federal takeover due to rampant lawlessness.

The White House said that as of Wednesday, the surge netted more than 100 arrests, ranging from homicide to gun, drug and illegal immigration charges.

Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, and the D.C. Council, largely made up of Democrats, have rejected the president’s rationale for the takeover by citing Metropolitan Police statistics showing a 30-year-low in violent crime. This comes two years after the District witnessed a generational crime wave of deadly shootings, runaway carjackings and frequent muggings. 

The Trump administration said the District has one of the highest murder rates in the nation, outpacing other big cities such as New York and Chicago, and its rate of car theft is three times the national average.

Mr. Trump’s emergency declaration can last only 30 days. He said he will seek congressional approval to extend it, but that would require support from Democrats, which is unlikely.

• Matt Delaney can be reached at mdelaney@washingtontimes.com.