Members of a manufacturing crew working for the Late Present with Stephen Colbert had been arrested on Thursday evening at a US Capitol workplace constructing after taping a sketch involving Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. 9 people — together with Triumph creator Robert Smigel — had been charged with illegal entry.

In response to CBS (by way of The Hollywood Reporter), the manufacturing crew was on-site at the Capitol on June 15th and 16th recording licensed and pre-arranged interviews with members of Congress. “After leaving the members’ places of work on their final interview of the day, the manufacturing crew stayed to movie stand-ups and different ultimate comedy components in the halls once they had been detained by Capitol Police,” CBS mentioned in an announcement.

In their very own assertion, the US Capitol Police mentioned that at the time of the arrest “the constructing was closed to guests, and these people had been decided to be part of a gaggle that had been directed by the USCP to depart the constructing earlier in the day.”

“That is an lively prison investigation, and will end in further prison costs after session with the U.S. Legal professional,” the USCP added.

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