“Bob’s Burgers” and “Arrested Development” actor Jay Johnston was sentenced on Oct. 28 to one year in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, incident at the U.S. Capitol.
The prosecution—U.S. Attorney General for the District of Columbia Matthew Graves—requested that the judge sentence the 56-year-old Los Angeles-based comedian to 18 months in prison based on his involvement in what Graves called a “violent attack that forced the interruption of the certification of the 2020 Electoral College vote count.”
In July, Johnston pleaded guilty to felony interfering with police officers during a civil disorder, which carries a maximum sentence of five years.
Graves said that despite Johnston’s participation, he continued to message family and friends claiming that the event at the Capitol was a set-up by law enforcement and Antifa and was “exaggerated by the media.”
“Finally, almost two years after the attack on the Capitol, Johnston made light of his participation in the riot by dressing up as Jacob Chansley, known as the ‘QAnon Shaman,’ at a Halloween party that he attended,” Graves said. […]
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