7 arrested in House office building linked to Colbert show
Source: Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that officers arrested seven unauthorized people in a congressional office building Thursday night and charged them with unlawful entry.
The people identified themselves as being affiliated with CBS Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.
Another person familiar with the matter provided the AP with a list of nine people who had been stopped by Capitol Police. They included several producers, along with Robert Smigel, the voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
The two people who spoke with the AP could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/congress-robert-smigel-stephen-colbert-arrests-14dc9ee6278519742285b90895f80883
CBS's response:
Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed, the network said. After leaving the members offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol Police.
JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)...the republicants will suddenly be against breaking into the Capitol!
Historic NY
(37,457 posts)the buildings were seal off from the public due to covid-19
intheflow
(28,516 posts)Historic NY
(37,457 posts)they looked the other way. The capital & offices were closed to visitors, tours canceled due to COVID-19. So yeah, the first chief was canned.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)...we now have LateShowgate! (What did Colbert know, and when did he know it?)
BigmanPigman
(51,649 posts)suspicious? They have their priorities backwards...go figure.
SunSeeker
(51,787 posts)grumpyduck
(6,278 posts)Sorry, guys, but the timing sucked. Fux & cronies will pick up on this big time.
SouthBayDem
(32,073 posts)You're right. The Jesse Watters Show had a segment about this story with a chyron with the flamebait wording, roughly "Schiff implicated in Capitol break-in"
Skittles
(153,261 posts)WTF would Fox be crowing about, exactly?
agingdem
(7,870 posts)FOX & Cronies can feign outrage from now until forever...their guys breached the Capital, maimed and killed police officers, smeared feces on the floors and walls, vandalized offices, hunted the Vice President and the Speaker of the House with intent to kill
Fuck OMG optics!!!!
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Initech
(100,129 posts)Bengus81
(6,936 posts)FUCK,that's what people have been saying about those "tourists" for a year and a half.
niyad
(113,774 posts)One is inclined to wonder if the arresting officers are thevsame ones who took selfies with the insurrectionists.
electric_blue68
(14,996 posts)Lasher
(27,661 posts)This is CP's side of the story.
not fooled
(5,803 posts)an unescorted group was able to wander around a Capitol office building??? Albeit one with no resemblance to maggots.
Historic NY
(37,457 posts)onetexan
(13,078 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,601 posts)Colbert has all weekend to work on his monologue - and on Monday his guest is Senator Cory Booker!
mucifer
(23,598 posts)everybody wins!
Lil Liberal Laura
(228 posts)I hope they finished recording his bit before the police butted in. I can't wait to see it!
Joinfortmill
(14,492 posts)stating that the recently publicized tours by Congressman Loudermilk were A-ok, nothing to see here.
Wuddles440
(1,132 posts)the subsequent arrest sounds like a scheme the GQP dirty tricksters concocted with sympathetic members of the Capital Police. If the charges are not dropped (as they should be), it'll be interesting to see if the prosecution of these individuals is prioritized and aggressively pursued by DOJ.
Midwestern Democrat
(806 posts)then hung around afterwards to film unauthorized comedy bits in the hallways.
LakeArenal
(28,863 posts)They had permission to be in the building.
Lasher
(27,661 posts)https://www.indiewire.com/2022/06/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-capitol-officers-arrest-staff-1234734967/