Stephen Colbert jokes that his 'Late Show' staffers were arrested for “first-degree puppetry.”
has addressed the events that led to the arrest of Robert Smigel, the comedian behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and members of his show's staff last week on Capitol Hill. host explained during Monday night's monologue that Smigel and six other members of his team were cleared by congressional aides to visit the Longworth House Office Building, which is across the street from the U.S. Capitol building.
Smigel and the staffers were charged with unlawful entry. The U.S. Capitol Police also released a statement saying the agency may add additional charges after consulting with the U.S. Attorney's Office. That is, Colbert said, until the next night when"a couple of the TV people started claiming that my puppet squad had 'committed insurrection' at the U.S. Capitol building."
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