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A US immigration agent has testified he could feel through his body armor the impact of a sandwich thrown at him by a Washington DC protester, who has stood before a judge for assault.

Customs and Border Patrol agent the government official told the court panel the food item "exploded all over him" and he "noticed the aromatic vegetables and yellow sauce" on his uniform.

Both legal teams challenges that the defendant, in his thirties, did in fact hurl vulgar language and a made-to-order snack at officers deployed by President Donald Trump to patrol the Washington DC in late summer.

The event was recorded on recording and became popular online, making the accused a representation of dissent in Washington DC to the administration.

Federal attorneys at first tried to achieve serious criminal counts against the accused, but a legal panel declined to charge him.

Trump's deployment of military personnel to the capital this season caused protest from some of the DC citizens, who considered it a partisan deployment of the military.

Based on legal filings, Mr Dunn walked up to a group of officers at about late evening on August 10, calling them "extremists" and yelling: "Why are you here? Your presence is unwanted in my city!"

The court saw a demonstration from Mr Lairmore on Tuesday as he gave evidence against the accused.

"I sensed it through my protective gear," he said of the item's force, adding that an onion string dangled from his official equipment and condiment stained his shirt.

Mr Dunn's lawyer, his legal representative, stated in her court presentation that hurling the food item was a "non-threatening act that did not, could not, create physical damage".

But government attorney the prosecutor argued the accused must be facing consequences.

"No matter who you are, you cannot simply launching items at people because you're angry," Mr Parron said.

Subsequent to the claimed attack was revealed, the accused was fired from his job as a paralegal in the government law department.