Bob’s BurgersActor Jay Johnston Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection

Mar. 15, 2025

Jay Johnston on Oct. 28.Photo:AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Jay Johnston, a writer and actor who starred inBob’s Burgers,AnchormanandArrested Development, has been sentenced to one year and one day in jail for his participation in theJan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riots.

Johnston, 55, was sentenced in court on Monday, Oct. 28, afterpleading guiltyin July to one felony count of civil disorder for obstructing the police during the attacks, the United States District of Columbia attorney’s office stated in apress release.

He was also sentenced to 24 months of supervised release and ordered to pay $2,000 in restitution.

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Jay Johnston in 2008.Neilson Barnard/Getty

Neilson Barnard/Getty

However, prosecutors argued in court on Monday that Johnston showed a lack of remorse over his actions as a photo was shared of him allegedly dressed as Jan. 6 rioterJacob ‘QAnon Shaman’ Chansleyat a Halloween party in 2023, perNBC News.

Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.Samuel Corum/Getty

At around 2:00 p.m. local time that day, Johnston was seen filming the events on his cell phone as he stood with the crowd behind a row of police barricades, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. After 40 minutes as the rioters removed the barricades, he allegedly made his way to the U.S. Capitol building through the Lower West Terrace and onto the Inaugural Stage.

The release further alleges that Johnston made it past the rioters and reached the entrance to the Tunnel at approximately 3:03 p.m., where he “made a series of hand gestures, including pounding his fists together and pointing, appearing to encourage rioters to enter the tunnel.” Johnston exited the Tunnel at around 3:13 p.m.

Before his sentence was handed in court on Monday, Johnston briefly told the court that his role in the Jan. 6 attacks was “reprehensible,” perABC News.

source: people.com