DOJ won’t prosecute 'Late Show' staffers for Capitol trespassing

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The DOJ is declining to prosecute 'Late Show' crew members who were arrested for unlawful entry at the U.S. House office buildings last month.

on Monday that they were “informed the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia is declining to prosecute the case.”According to the Capitol Police, the staffers were arrested because they were “told several times before they entered the congressional buildings that they had to remain with a staff escort” but “failed to do so.”The U.S.

"The Office would be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these invited guests were guilty of the crime of unlawful entry because their escort chose to leave them unattended," the statement said. The office concluded that it "[does] not believe it is probable that the Office would be able to obtain and sustain convictions on these charges."The staffers, including comedian Robert Smigel, the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, were arrested on June 16 while filming a segment for the show outside a Jan. 6 select committee hearing.

 

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When are we going to be able to buy beer and cigarettes with our snap cards? Equality for all damnit

Did the have guns,tools,destroyed properties ...Why should they.?

If this was Tucker's crew they'd be in Guantanamo right now.

Democrats want you to know there is a hierarchy. If you work for the Democrat media establishment, the laws don't apply to you. Just mere letters to Santa.

Two tiered justice system

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