A man accused of throwing a sandwich at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Washington, D.C., was an employee of the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday.

A man accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer patrolling a Washington street as part of President Donald Trump’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital was fired from the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday.

A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation's capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a social media post Thursday.