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 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.

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.