{"id":1525345,"date":"2022-06-21T17:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525345"},"modified":"2022-06-21T17:19:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T21:19:08","slug":"colbert-defends-staffers-arrested-at-u-s-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colbert-defends-staffers-arrested-at-u-s-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert Defends Staffers Arrested At U.S. Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolbert-defends-staffers-arrested-at-u-s-capitol%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert used his opening monologue on Monday to defend his staffers arrested last week for unlawfully entering an office building at the United States Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>The group of nine staffers included Robert Smigel, the voice of a puppet known as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who was conducting interviews related to the January 6 committee hearings.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert said the encounter caused an unpleasant experience for his staff, and a lot of paperwork for the Capitol Police, but was a \u201cfairly simple\u201d story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil the next night when a couple of the TV people started claiming my puppet squad \u2018committed insurrection\u2019 at the U.S. Capitol Building,\u201d Colbert said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m shocked I have to explain the difference,\u201d he added. \u201cBut an insurrection involves disrupting the lawful actions of Congress and howling for the blood of elected leaders, all to prevent the peaceful transfer of power \u2014 this was first-degree puppetry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colbert claimed Triumph and the production team offered to travel to Washington, D.C., and interview Democrats and Republicans inside congressional offices \u201cacross the street\u201d from the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey went through security clearance, shot all day Wednesday, all day Thursday, invited into the offices of the congresspeople they were interviewing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-details-emerge-about-stephen-colbert-staffers-who-were-arrested-for-unlawful-entry-into-u-s-house-building\">according<\/a> to a U.S. Capitol Police statement, \u201cresponding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) said in a letter addressed to the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police that the staffers were part of a group who were directed by USCP officers to leave the building earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, the individuals reportedly gained access back into the building through Representative Jake Auchincloss (D-CA) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese individuals were arrested and charged with unlawful entry after causing \u2018disturbances\u2019 at the offices of several Republican members, including \u2018banging\u2019 on their office doors,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for CBS \u2014 Colbert\u2019s network \u2014 told Fox News that \u201cafter leaving the members\u2019 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have arrested more than 840 people for storming the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021, with 185 receiving criminal sentences.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Columbia, more than 80 defendants have been charged with entering a restricted area with a dangerous or deadly weapon, more than 50 defendants have been charged with destruction of government property, and approximately 35 defendants have been charged with theft of government property.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert used his opening monologue on Monday to defend his staffers arrested last week for unlawfully entering an office building at the United States Capitol. 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