Bob’s Burgers’ & ‘Anchorman’ Actor Jay Johnston Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge Related To January 6 Capitol Siege – Update trendy New

 

Bob’s Burgers’ & ‘Anchorman’ Actor Jay Johnston Pleads Guilty To Felony Charge Related To January 6 Capitol Siege – Update

UPDATED with latest: Former Bob’s Burgers voice actor Jay Johnston today pleaded guilty to a federal charge stemming from his participation in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He has been charged with civil disorder, a felony.

Johnston, 55, could see a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but sentencing guidelines suggest a from eight to 14 months in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7.

Johnston’s other credits include Anchorman, Men in Black II and Better Call Saul.

PREVIOUSLY on June 25: Former Bob’s Burgers voice actor Jay Johnston agreed today to plead guilty to federal charges stemming from his participation in the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The 55-year-old actor, whose credits also include Better Call Saul and Mr. Show with Bob and David, faces multiple charges including civil disorder and disorderly or disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds.

day after the Justice Department issued a warrant for the benched Bob's Burgers actor, he surrendered to the FBI at its field office on Wednesday (read the warrant here). Johnston is normal in government court sometime in the afternoon. ( Added at 7:45 p.m.: This afternoon, Johnston made his first appearance in U.S. District Court. He was granted bail of $25,000 and will appear in a remote hearing on June 13.)

Johnston has been charged with both misdemeanors of entering a restricted area and hindering the conduct of government business for participating in a "group assault," according to additional court documents (read it here).

The fact that the actor who played Jimmy Pesto in dozens of episodes of the Fox animated series was wanted by the FBI since March 2021 wasn't exactly news. Johnston, a former cast member of Mr. Show with Bob and David, Better Call Saul, and The Sarah Silverman Program, was dropped from Bob's Burgers in December 2021 due to his participation in the MAGA mob that stormed the Capitol that day, nearly 2 years ago.

The #FBI is still looking for information about those who were involved in the January 6 violence at the US Capitol. If you are aware of this person, go to http://tips.fbi.gov. Allude to photograph 247 in your tip.

or around March 8, 2021, an attorney contacted the FBI's National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) and stated that they represented JAY JAMES JOHNSTON, the person depicted in the photographs 247-AFO that were made public.

Three of JOHNSTON's current or former associates were questioned by the FBI, and all of them identified JOHNSTON as the person in the pictures of 247-AFO above. A text message that Johnston acknowledged being at the Capitol on January 6 and stated that "The news has presented it as an attack" was provided by one of these associates to the FBI. Actually, it wasn't. I thought it sort of became that. It was a disaster. Got maced and tear gassed and I found it very untastic."

Records from Joined Carriers show that JOHNSTON had a full circle flight reservation from Los Angeles, California to Washington, D.C. leaving on January 4, 2021 and returning on January 7, 2021.

In excess of 1,000 January 6 agitators have been captured up until this point, with almost 280 in jail or the around 490 sentence