Democrats Adam Schiff, Stephanie Murphy and Jake Auchincloss had reportedly been interviewed by the cigar-chomping puppet. The USCP statement said the case remains “an active criminal investigation, and may result in additional criminal charges”.Īccording to Fox News, which first reported the incident, the Late Show staffers reportedly applied to get press credentials for the hearing, but were denied by the House Radio/TV Gallery because they are not considered “news”.ĬBS told the New York Post that the production team was at the Capitol on Wednesday and Thursday to record interviews with House members for a segment of Colbert’s comic dog sketch. “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,” Capitol police said in a statement. The intrusion comes amid heightened sensitivity around unlawful or unauthorized access to congressional buildings and came as the third public hearing by the House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection concluded.Ĭapitol police said they received a call about a disturbance in the Longworth House Office Building around 8.30pm. “After leaving the members’ offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film standups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol police,” the network added. “Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through congressional aides of the members interviewed,” CBS said. The people identified themselves as being affiliated with CBS’s Late Show, a person familiar with the matter told the Associated Press. The group were “unescorted and without congressional ID” in a hallway on the sixth floor, USCP said. The building was closed to the public at the time, and Capitol police said they had asked the group to leave the grounds earlier in the day.
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