Their political comedy will be aired on a segment of Colbert’s comic dog sketch.
The CBS show staff included several producers, a camera crew, and Robert Smigel, the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Colbert show staff arrest details
“Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed,” CBS said. “After leaving the members’ 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.”
AP says its sources will not talk about the investigation publicly and must remain anonymous.
The U. S. Capitol Police (USPC) issued a statement regarding the event. They received a disturbance call in the Longworth House Office Building around 8:30 p.m.
“Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway,” the agency claimed. “The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day.”
