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Production team with ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ arrested in house building

June 18, 2022
Henry Club

U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement Friday that at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday, officers “seen seven individuals in a sixth-floor hallway in the Longworth House office building on Capitol Hill in Washington, both with and without Congress.” ID’s.”

“The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be part of a group that was instructed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day,” the statement said.

Capitol Police said the individuals were charged with unlawful entry, adding that the case is considered “an active criminal investigation” and could result in “additional criminal charges after consultation with the US Attorney.”

CBS said in a statement that its crew was onsite at the Capitol on Wednesday and Thursday as it filmed a segment featuring the puppet “Triumph the Insult Comic Dog” voiced by comedian Robert Smigel. CBS said its production team’s interviews with members of Congress were “authorized and pre-arranged.”

The network said that after the interview ended on Thursday, the production team “stayed in the hall to film stand-up and other final comedy elements while being detained by Capital Police.”

The incident, which comes as a House committee inquiry January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol Holds public hearings, which were used by prominent right-wing media stars to attack the bipartisan probe.

On Fox News, the channel’s prime-time host used the development to link Democrats to the security breach.

Most of the attacks focused on rape. Adam Schiff, who has been portrayed as a top villain in the right-wing media in recent years. The California Democrat, a member of the January 6 committee and chairman of the House Intelligence Panel, participated in an interview with Colbert Crews at around 10 a.m. Thursday, an aide in his office told CNN. Schiff’s interview with the Colbert team took place several hours before the crew was taken into custody.
While Fox News reporter Chad Pergram tweeted That it was someone other than a member of Schiff’s office who let the crew into the Longworth Building later in the day, the network repeatedly attacked Congress, with the hosts telling their millions of viewers that they played a key role in the case. has played.

For example, Fox News host Jesse Waters ran a chiron Friday, declaring, “Schiff has been implicated in the Capitol breach.”

Later in the evening, Tucker Carlson, who has repeatedly ridiculed the claim that there had been an uprising on 6 January and promoted conspiracy theories about the events of that day, said that the crew “revolted”. did.”

“This is exactly what happened on January 6th, so we’ll take a closer look at what the punishment is,” Carlson said.

The on-screen graphics read “Pencil-Neck Schiff Assisted Colbert Insurrection” and “Colbert Producers Break in the Capital” during Carlson’s coverage.

Fox News was also aggressively covering the story Saturday morning.

“We have to get to the bottom of it,” said “Fox & Friends Weekend” host Rachel Campos-Duffy.

Elsewhere in the right-wing media, coverage was similar. For example, Breitbart’s main cover title, read: “Unlawful Entry! Rebellion? Stephen Colbert’s Employees Arrested for Disrupting the US Capitol.”

It is unclear when the filmed segment will air on “The Late Show.”

A CBS spokesperson declined to answer further questions on the incident. Colbert has yet to comment on the matter.