In December 2021, multiple news outlets reported that Jay Johnson (Jimmy Pesto) was fired after it was confirmed that he stormed the U.S. Capitol during the January 6, 2021, insurrection. A December 18, 2021, Daily Beast article by Asawin Suebsaeng, Marlow Stern, and Adam Rawnsley reported, "According to two people familiar with the matter, top staff at the long-running animated sitcom Bob's Burgers are no longer allowing Johnston to voice his recurring character-Jimmy Pesto Sr.-on the critically lauded Fox show. One of the sources described it as a 'ban.' The other individual familiar with the matter described the situation similarly, adding that the Bob's Burgers cast and crew, as well as Fox, were not looking to make 'a big deal' about the current blacklisting of the apparent insurrection-attendee....Johnston, Fox and the staff of Bob's Burgers have never publicly confirmed that that was, in fact, Johnston's face that the FBI published in a poster soliciting tips about a possible riot suspect. Johnston has not been arrested or charged with a crime. His name first surfaced as a potential participant in the insurrection when web sleuths identified the comedy actor as a suspected rioter seen in an FBI poster on March 4 and in video of the riot filmed near the Capitol steps. In the footage, a man wearing a green leather jacket and camouflage neck gaiter-dubbed suspect number 247 by the Bureau-is visible alongside rioters taking pictures as Trump supporters push their way toward the building in front of scaffolding set up for the forthcoming inauguration. 'I'm no detective, but I do know Jay. He said he was there. And that's him in the picture. So...' Cassandra Church, an actress who worked alongside Johnston on the show Harmontown, tweeted in March."
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