“Bob’s Burgers” actor Jay Johnston has been sentenced to one year in prison for his role in the events of January 6, 2021.
The 56-year-old comedic actor received the sentence on Monday after pleading guilty in July to one felony charge of obstructing officers during a civil disorder, according to court documents.
Johnston will also have 24 months of supervised release after serving time and was ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution and a special assessment of $100.
A bystander video from the event allegedly shows him filming protesters near the barricades around Congress. An FBI affidavit stated that Johnston was part of a group who forced their way into the Capitol Building via a tunnel using stolen police riot shields, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
The Justice Department called this spot “the site of some of the most violent attacks against law enforcement that day.” The FBI claimed the video showed Johnston “handing up a stolen U.S. Capitol police shield to other rioters” and that he “participated with other rioters in a group assault” on law enforcement, per NBC News.
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Johnston’s lawyer contacted the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center after they began circulating images of the actor that day in an effort to get the public to help identify him. Further evidence presented against the “Bob’s Burgers” actor included receipts for a hotel stay in Washington, D.C., during the same time as the rally, and text messages between him and a friend.
“The news has presented it as an attack. It actually wasn’t. Thought it kind of turned into that. It was a mess. Got maced and tear gassed and I found it quite untastic,” Johnston wrote in the text exchange.
The actor was a regular on the HBO comedy “Mr. Show with Bob and David” in the 1990s alongside Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. He also had appearances in the 2004 Will Ferrell comedy “Anchorman,” as well as “Arrested Development,” “The Sarah Silverman Program,” and “Men in Black II.”
Johnston was previously asked not to return to his role as Jimmy Pesto on the animated series “Bob’s Burgers” after it was suspected that he was involved in the incidents on January 6. No charges had been filed against the actor when he was let go from the show.
