Among those arrested was Robert Smigel, the puppeteer for"Triumph the Insult Comic Dog," a character on CBS's"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."
US CAPITOL POLICE ARREST STEPHEN COLBERT STAFFERS AT HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL ENTRY CBS's "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" host Stephen Colbert addressed the recent arrests of his crew and production members during a broadcast on June 20, 2022. He said it"obscenely trivializes the service and courage the Capitol police showed on that terrible day." He joked that perhaps there was a vast conspiracy by his staffers to overthrow the government with a rubber rottweiler – a reference to the Triumph the Insult Comic Dog puppet.Longworth House Office Building"Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway," the police said in a statement.
So it is insulting to the one lady who was shot by Capitol police and died?
We need hearings on June 16th IMMEDIATELY... I AM TERRIFIED
Who actually thinks Colbert is funny? If you find out, avoid those people.
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