Lawmakers will demand answers on the arrest of several employees of late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert at the Capitol Thursday when Congress resumes next week, a leading Republican told Fox News.
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.
Late Thursday, the individuals, including "Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog" puppeteer Robert Smigel – a frequent guest of Colbert's -- were not credentialed to be walking around without an escort, a House Republican source told Fox News. Others arrested included Colbert writer Josh Comers and associate producer Allison Martinez.
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.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/several-cbs-employees-colbert-arrested-capitol-for-unlawful-entry
Is it something to do with amping up their J6 skit show?
Clearly thats what I would assume, but why would they arrest their own side? Or are they willing to throw their own kind under the bus just to show they are so very impartial?
I'm assuming they'll get at least a year and a half of solitary confinement.
The precedent has been set, after all.
They'll sweep it under the rug. Charges will be dropped.
Nah, they don't get to sweep this one under the rug.