The group was arrested at the end of the second day of shooting when they had wrapped the interviews and were doing some 'last-minute puppetry' in a hallway, according to the late night host.
"Late Show with Stephen Colbert"The decision, made by the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, comes after prosecutors determined they"cannot move forward" with the misdemeanor charges against the nine people arrested June 16 in the Longworth House Office Building. The incident followed the third public hearing by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
Capitol Police have not publicly identified the people who were arrested. At the time, Colbert said on his show that several of his staff, including Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a puppet that is operated and voiced by comedian and writer Robert Smigel, had been detained. Actor and comedian Robert Smigel performs as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in the hallways outside the Jan. 6 Capitol hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Police said the group was arrested on unlawful entry charges"because members of the group had been told several times before they entered the Congressional buildings that they had to remain with a staff escort inside the buildings and they failed to do so.
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