7 arrested in House office building linked to Colbert show

[SouthBayDem]

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

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CBS's response:

In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS said the production team was at the Capitol Wednesday and Thursday to record a comedy segment featuring Triumph.

“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]

1. Next...

...the republicants will suddenly be against breaking into the Capitol!

[Historic NY]

2. If only they detained the tourists who were there illegally scoping things out.

the buildings were seal off from the public due to covid-19

[intheflow]

19. Are you blaming the Capital police for J6?!

[Historic NY]

20. They didn't do their jobs with the tours which were off limits...

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]

3. And on the 50th anniversary of the Watergate break-in...

...we now have LateShowgate! (What did Colbert know, and when did he know it?)

[BigmanPigman]

4. Is this the same Capital Police that looked into the tours on Jan 5th and found nothing

suspicious? They have their priorities backwards...go figure.

[SunSeeker]

14. Yup. nt

[grumpyduck]

5. Bad timing.

Sorry, guys, but the timing sucked. Fux & cronies will pick up on this big time.

[SouthBayDem]

6. I am on vacation and passed through Fux on the TV

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]

8. sorry, did Triumph beat cops with his cigar?

WTF would Fox be crowing about, exactly?

[agingdem]

11. Bad timing???...who gives a damn what they run with!!!

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]

18. +100 Absolutely

[Rebl2]

24. Yep

[Initech]

26. And Tucker was right on cue last night.

[Bengus81]

31. GOOD,what's FOX going to say that it's illegal for Colbert crew to be in there?

FUCK,that's what people have been saying about those "tourists" for a year and a half.

[niyad]

7. So, according to CBS, they had permission to be there filming.

One is inclined to wonder if the arresting officers are thevsame ones who took selfies with the insurrectionists.

[Rebl2]

23. Agreed

[electric_blue68]

28. Could be ... Ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Lasher]

9. Capitol Police said they received a call about a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building.

“Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway,” the agency said in a statement. “The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day.”

This is CP's side of the story.

[not fooled]

12. After Jan 6.

an unescorted group was able to wander around a Capitol office building??? Albeit one with no resemblance to maggots.

[Historic NY]

21. Exactly who was minding the store?

[onetexan]

29. Let me guess - VP alerted bY GOP rep?

[sarcasmo]

10. Smigel will make a movie out of this arrest. The SNL cartoons Smigel did always made me laugh.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. You can bet that we'll be hearing about this!

Colbert has all weekend to work on his monologue - and on Monday his guest is Senator Cory Booker!

[mucifer]

15. Colbert's ratings will be thru the roof on Monday and fox will have a major distraction for years

everybody wins!

[Lil Liberal Laura]

16. Triumph

I hope they finished recording his bit before the police butted in. I can't wait to see it!

[Joinfortmill]

17. This is the 2nd odd reporting r.e. the Capitol Police...the 1st was the Chief

stating that the recently publicized tours by Congressman Loudermilk were A-ok, nothing to see here.

[Wuddles440]

22. If they did have authorization...

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]

27. It sounds like they had authorization to film specific, pre-arranged interviews with congressmen but

then hung around afterwards to film unauthorized comedy bits in the hallways.

[LakeArenal]

30. Unauthorized.... They were taking pictures after a meeting.

They had permission to be in the building.

[Lasher]

25. It looks like they've been released.

It is unknown when the seven were released, though it's presumed they were let go that same evening.

https://www.indiewire.com/2022/06/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-capitol-officers-arrest-staff-1234734967/