Thread: 9 Staffers Working For Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Arrested at U.S. Capitol For Illeg

9 Staffers Working For Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Arrested at U.S. Capitol For Illegal Entry

By Kipp JonesJun 17th, 2022, 8:18 pm

Multiple staffers who work for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert were arrested Thursday night and charged with illegal entry at a building near the U.S. Capitol.
On Jesse Waters Primetime Friday, host Jesse Watters broke the news.
Watters reported Capitol Police officers were dispatched to the Longworth House Office Building at around 8:30 p.m. ET. There, nine people were seen “roaming” the building, he said. The building was closed at the time.
Watters additionally reported the CBS staffers were around the offices of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
Jake Plunkett; Allison Martinez; Tyrone Dean; Stephen Romond; Nicoletta Green; Brendan Hurley; Robert Smigel; Josh Comers; and David Feldman were all detained. All were reportedly cited for illegal entry.
Smigel is known for portraying Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Plunkett is a producer and director for the Late Show.
Watters reported the CBS employees were let into the building by Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA).
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) joined Watters to confirm the report. Davis said,

We just found out about the arrest today, and I’m going to make sure when we get back to Washington next week, we are going to ask the questions that need to be asked. We will ask the security officials why these arrests had to be made.
What were they doing without an escort at a time when, you know, the Jan. 6 select committee on the 50th anniversary of Watergate made it look like my colleague Barry Loudermilk somehow took kids with gift bags to do reconnaissance missions.
Let me put it to you this way, too, Jesse. The only people arrested by Capitol police for touring the House office buildings are the people who work for Stephen Colbert.

Watters said Fox News confirmed the arrests with Capitol police, who did not offer any additional information.
Colbert sent a crew to the Capitol to cover the first impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in 2020.
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Staffers of 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' were arrested at the US House building for trespassing
Carlos Garcia
June 17,2022

People associated with the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" were arrested at the U.S. House building for trespassing according to a report from Fox News.

The U.S. Capitol Police said that they received a disturbance call at the Longworth House Office Building at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, in a statement obtained by Chad Pergram of Fox News.

Officers apprehended seven individuals without congressional identification and without escort in a sixth floor hallway, the statement said.
“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," officials said.

Capitol police said they were charged with illegal entry.

"This is an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S. Attorney," the statement concluded.

Pergram said they confirmed the names of the people arrested, one of which is Robert Smigel, who is best known for voicing the character of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. He also reported that the group was recording video and taking photographs outside the offices of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Col.).

Colbert has often used his platform on his late night show to broadcast his far-left politics. He was vehemently against the policies of the former Trump administration, and in one instance he launched into an expletive-ridden screed against former President Donald Trump.

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