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A American border officer has testified he could sense through his protective gear the collision of a food product launched at him by a Washington DC protester, who has gone on trial for criminal charge.

Customs and Border Patrol agent the government official testified to the jury the snack "burst all over him" and he "noticed the onions and mustard" on his uniform.

No party contests that the accused, 37, did in fact hurl obscenities and a made-to-order snack at authorities deployed by President Donald Trump to patrol the federal district in August.

The occurrence was captured on camera and became popular online, making the accused a figure of dissent in the capital to Trump.

Federal attorneys at first tried to achieve felony charges against the defendant, but a judicial committee chose not to prosecute him.

Trump's assignment of National Guard troops to Washington DC this warmer months sparked protest from some of the local inhabitants, who viewed it as a politicisation of the military.

Per legal filings, Mr Dunn approached a law enforcement team at about 11 PM on the summer date, referring to them "authoritarians" and shouting: "What is your purpose? Your presence is unwanted in my city!"

The court observed a reenactment from the officer on the trial day as he testified against the defendant.

"I detected it through my ballistic vest," he testified of the food's collision, adding that an vegetable piece hung from his police radio and condiment stained his uniform.

The defendant's attorney, the defense attorney, argued in her initial argument that launching the sandwich was a "harmless gesture that did not, could not, result in harm".

But prosecutor the prosecutor maintained the accused must be held accountable.

"Regardless of identity, you can't just go around hurling objects at individuals because you're angry," the prosecutor stated.

After the claimed attack came to light, the defendant was fired from his position as a paralegal in the federal legal agency.