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A film crew for Late Show with Stephen Colbert was detained by Capitol police late June 16 after filming comedy segments for the all-day late-night show, Diversity report. Segments include the iconic Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, a vulgar puppet that has appeared on the CBS show for 25 years. Nine crew members, including comedian Robert Smith62 years old, writer of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, was detained in Longworth House office buildingone of three buildings built for the United States House of Representatives, at 8:30 p.m., according to Capitol Police.
“The building is closed to visitors and these individuals have been identified as part of a group that was directed by USCP to leave the building earlier in the day,” Capitol Police said in a statement. Diversity. “They were charged with Illegal Entry. This is an active criminal investigation, and may lead to additional criminal charges in consultation with US Attorneys. ”
According to Fox News reporter ‘Congress Chad PergramThe 52-year-old group was detained by Capitol Police after they were found without identification or an escort outside the Republican House Minority Leader’s office. Kevin McCarthy and Representative. Lauren Boebert. Other crew members detained with Robert include Jake Plunkett, Allison Martinez, Tyrone Dean, Stephen Romond, Nicoletta Green, Brendan Hurley, Josh Comersand David Feldman, according to Chad. He also noted that the group was “evicted” by Capitol Police in the Cannon House Office Building earlier in the day. “It is believed that everyone has been released.
5) They were not deported and arrested and charged with illegal entry. They were arrested near Boebert’s office. They were released overnight.
– Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) June 17, 2022
CBS confirmed the incident but stressed that its field production team was at a legal and authorized facility. “On Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 16, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was at the Capitol with the production team to film interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of the company. The Late Show,“CBS told Diversity in a statement. “Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through congressional aides of the members interviewed. After leaving the members’ offices for their final interview of the day, the production team stayed to film the stand-up and other final comedy elements in the hall as they were detained by the Capitol Police. ”
The arrest comes at a time of heightened security in Congress as hearings about Riot January 6, 2021 afterward. According to Chad, the CBS crew was seeking interviews around the time of the previous hearing on June 16. Stephen Colbert58 years old, used public hearings as a platform to joke about those involved, according to Daily mail. For example, after the leader of Proud Boy Joseph Biggs asked to try him outside Washington, DC, Stephen quipped, “They wanted to move the trial somewhere where The Proud Boys had a better reputation. Like Berlin in the 1930s”.
HollywoodLife did not receive an immediate response after contacting representatives for Stephen and the Capitol Police.
