Nine 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.
Jesse Watters, host of Jesse Watters Primetime, broke the news on Friday.
BREAKING: Nine people linked to Colbert show arrested for illegal entry into Capitol complex buildinghttps://t.co/chfMqzlNzp
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 18, 2022
The group of nine people were arrested in the Longworth House Office Building after being escorted out of the Jan. 6 committee hearing earlier in the day because they did not have proper press credentials, according to sources.
The same group came later on Thursday night after the Capitol complex as closed to public visitors.
Sources told Fox News that they took videos and pictures around the offices of two Republican members of Congress, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy R-Calif. and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
1) Fox confirms that group of persons associated with The Late Show Stephen Colbert were arrested last night and charged with illegal entry to House office buildings after hours.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 17, 2022
3) However, USCP shooed them away because they did not have proper press credentials.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 17, 2022
5) They were unescorted and arrested and charged with illegal entry. They were arrested near Boebert’s office. They were released overnight.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 17, 2022
7) Robert Smigel is known for being the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. He also produced short cartoons for Saturday Night Live’s “TV Funhouse.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 17, 2022
9) USCP: “Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 17, 2022
11) USCP: “They were charged with Unlawful Entry. This is an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S. Attorney.”
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 17, 2022
Fox News reported:
The U.S. Capitol Police told Fox News in a statement that it received a call for a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday and said that additional charges could be filed.
“On June 16, 2022, at approximately 8:30 p.m., U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) received a call for a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building. Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway. 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,” the statement says. “They were charged with Unlawful Entry. This is an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S. Attorney.”
Watch the Jesse Watters segment at Mediaite.
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