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U.S. Capitol Police said Friday that officers detained seven unauthorized people in a congressional office building Thursday night and charged them with ...

Capitol Police said they received a call about a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building around 8:30 p.m. “Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway,” the agency said in a statement. 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 people identified themselves as being affiliated with CBS’ “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

Members of a production team for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" were arrested by US Capitol Police in a congressional office building Thursday night ...

"Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed," CBS said. CBS confirmed in a statement to CNN that on Wednesday and Thursday "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on-site at the Capitol with a production team to record interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of" the show. "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 continued.

Seven people associated with Stephen Colbert's show on CBS have been arrested after allegedly illegally entered a U.S. House of Representatives office ...

"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." "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." "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. Fox News is told that Colbert's team conducted interviews earlier on Thursday with members of the Jan. 6 Committee, including Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. and Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla. They also interviewed Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass. Sources tell Fox News that the aide believed the group had more interviews to do. The spokesperson said that members of the production team stayed to "film stand-ups" and other comedy elements in the halls when they were detained. A spokesperson for CBS told Fox News that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on-site at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and Thursday to record interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of "The Late Show," and said the interviews were authorized and pre-arranged with Congressional aides. 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. "On Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 16, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on-site at the Capitol with a production team to record interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of ‘The Late Show.’ Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed," the spokesperson said. 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. The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a group of staffers with CBS's " The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" after they allegedly illegally entered a U.S. House of Representatives office building on Thursday night, Fox News has learned. When Capitol Police spotted members of Colbert's team at the Jan. 6 Committee area, they were schooled away, and left the House office building.

The 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' staffers were detained while filming after hours for a comedy segment this week, CBS confirmed in a statement.

(U.S. Capitol Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.) Fox News reported that those detained were charged with illegal entry to House office buildings and that the production had been filming outside the offices of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). CBS did not confirm the number, names or specific filming locations of those detained. According to the network’s statement, the “Late Show” staffers were on Capitol Hill Wednesday and Thursday, amid the ongoing House Select Committee hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection, to record “authorized and pre-arranged” interviews with members of Congress. It was after completing those interviews that the production team remained on-site to film and was detained.

Employees of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" were detained by United States Capitol Police Thursday while filming a sketch.

Congress is currently in the midst of holding hearings regarding the riot, questioning a series of witnesses including a U.S. Capitol Police officer, a former U.S. attorney and a former Fox News political editor. "This is an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S. Attorney." "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 continued.

Seven staffers from 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' were arrested at the U.S. Capitol Thursday night after recording a "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" ...

"So, we'll take a close look at what the punishments are." The group was released from custody overnight, according to Fox News. ... The precedent is in place." In a statement obtained by Newsweek, a CBS spokesperson said that "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on-site at the Capitol with a production team to record interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of 'The Late Show'" on Wednesday and Thursday night. remained in the Longworth House Office Building after hours." "Because this is an insurrection.

CBS said the group was part of a production team recording interviews at the Capitol building for a comedy segment on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”

Mr. Smigel is a former writer for “Saturday Night Live” and “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and his puppet is an irreverent, cigar-chomping reporter who sometimes roams the halls of American power. CBS said that Triumph had been at the capital with a production team on both Wednesday and Thursday. CBS said that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the puppet that Mr. Smigel has voiced for years, had been at the Capitol on Thursday with the production team when they were detained by the police. The Fox News host Tucker Carlson took a different view, saying on Friday night that Mr. Colbert’s producers had “committed insurrection” at the U.S. Capitol building. “Hey, Mitt!” he said. “I’m a dog journalist! Word of the arrests was sure to provide weekend fodder for pundits, comedians and politicians. “We’ve got another committee to impanel.” Mr. Graves’s office could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday night. The Capitol Police said on Friday that they had arrested seven people in a hallway of the Capitol Building on Thursday night, at a time when the building was closed to visitors. At the time of the arrest, the team had finished prearranged interviews with members of Congress and were filming “final comedy elements” in the building’s hallways for an upcoming segment on “The Late Show.” The police at the United States Capitol have arrested members of a production team for the CBS show “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” who were filming a segment featuring a salty canine puppet voiced by the comedian Robert Smigel.

CBS employees who work for left-wing comedian Stephen Colbert's late-night program were arrested for unlawful entry to the Capitol complex late Thursday.

Later, Reps. Elizabeth Cheney, R-Wyo., and Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., were separately seated without McCarthy's blessing. Davis was one of the lawmakers tapped by McCarthy to sit as minority members on the January 6 Committee, until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., made the unprecedented decision to deny appointees Jordan and Rep. James Banks, R-Ind., clearance to sit on the panel. Earlier in the day Thursday, the Colbert group was milling around an area of the Cannon House Office Building being used for media staging during the January 6 Committee hearings, after reportedly being helped in by members of Schiff's team. The group reportedly banged on doors of several Republican offices – including that of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Lauren Boebert of Colorado -- as they allegedly filmed a skit for Colbert's "Late Show" program that was to center around the January 6 hearings. The group was cleared into the complex by staffers for Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., and House January 6 Committee Member Adam Schiff, D-Calif. Days after Democrats on the House January 6 Committee called on Rep. Barry Loudermilk's, R-Ga, to answer questions about a tour he gave the day before the Capitol riot, several people, including CBS employees who work Colbert's late-night program were arrested for unlawful entry to the complex.

Robert Smigel, the voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, was among the employees detained by Capitol police.

Democrats Adam Schiff, Stephanie Murphy and Jake Auchincloss had reportedly been interviewed by the cigar-chomping puppet. The group were “unescorted and without congressional ID” in a hallway on the sixth floor, USCP said. The building was closed to the public at the time, and Capitol police said they had asked the group to leave the grounds earlier in the day.

Police at the United States Capitol arrested comedy writer, performer, and puppeteer Robert Smigel along with six members of a production crew on Thursday.

More charges may be filed, according to Capitol Police. Twitter content Reports indicate they took video around the offices of Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and cartoon villain Lauren Boebert.