'Bob's Burgers' actor pleads guilty to obstructing police during Capitol riots

This image from a Washington Metropolitan Police Department body-worn video released and annotated by the Justice Department in the statement of facts in support of an arrest warrant for Jay James Johnston shows Johnston, circled in yellow, at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington. Justice Department via AP, file

WASHINGTON An actor who played a feisty reporter in the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and a pizza parlor owner in the TV series Bob's Burgers pleaded guilty Monday to interfering with police officers trying to protect the U.S. Capitol from a mob attack.

Jay Johnston, 55, of Los Angeles, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison after pleading guilty to civil disorder, a felony. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols is scheduled to sentence Johnston on Oct. 7.

Johnston's attorney, Stanley Woodward, asked his client not to comment to reporters as they left the courtroom.

Johnston, who was arrested last June, is one of more than 1,400 people charged with federal crimes stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

According to an affidavit from FBI agents, video footage showed Johnston pushing police and aiding rioters who attacked officers guarding an entrance to the Capitol in a tunnel on the Lower West Terrace. Johnston held a stolen police shield over his head and passed it to other rioters during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, the affidavit said.

Johnston was near the tunnel entrance, turned and motioned for other rioters to come toward the entrance, the officer wrote.

Johnston was the voice of the character Jimmy Pesto on Fox's Bob's Burgers. The Daily Beast reported in 2021 that Johnston was banned from the animated series following the Capitol attack.

Johnston appeared on Mr. Show with Bob and David, an HBO sketch comedy series starring Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. He also had small roles in the television series Arrested Development and the film Anchorman, starring Will Ferrell.

Three current or former associates of Johnston identified him as a riot suspect from photos posted online by the FBI. The FBI said one of those associates provided investigators with a text message in which Johnston acknowledged being at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

The media portrayed it as an attack. It wasn't. I thought it had taken a similar turn. It was a disaster. I was sprayed with pepper spray and pepper spray and I found it pretty disgusting, Johnston wrote, according to the FBI.

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