'Bob's Burgers' Actor Jay Johnston Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Role in January 6 Insurrection
justjared.comJay Johnston is going to prison. On Monday (October 28), a judge sentenced the 56-year-old actor, best known for voicing Jimmy Pesto on Bob’s Burgers, to one year and one day in federal prison after he was convicted of a felony for his participation in the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S.
Capitol in Washington, DC, according to ABC News. Keep reading to find out more…Johnston was first arrested and charged felony obstruction of officers during civil disorder along with some misdemeanor offenses.
This past July, he pleaded guilty to interfering with the police officers that were trying to protect the Capitol from the mobs of rioters.
Prosecutors sought 18 months in prison for Johnston, noting that his “spread of disinformation about January 6” and his “lack of remorse for participating in the riot,” according to Variety.
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