It comes after seven people, including Robert Smigel, better known as the creator, puppet and voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who were filming a part of the late-night CBS show, were arrested Thursday night at the Longworth House Office Building. by U.S. Capitol Police. Colbert said: “On Thursday afternoon, after they finished their interviews, [my staff] they did some puppet shows and funny make-up at the last minute in a hallway when Triumph and mine were approached and arrested by Capitol police, which is not really surprising. The Capitol police are much more careful than they were 18 months ago and for a very good reason. If you do not know why, I know which news network you are following. “ “The Capitol police just did their job, my staff just did their job, everyone was very professional, everyone was very calm. My employees were arrested, processed and released. A very unpleasant experience for my staff “, he added. Colbert said it was a “fairly simple story” until Fox News “began claiming that my puppet group had revolted in the US Capitol building.” “First of all: what? Second: eh? Third, it was not in the Capitol building. Fourth, I’m shocked that I have to explain the difference, but an uprising includes the cessation of congressional action and the screaming of the blood of elected leaders, all to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. “This was a first-rate puppet show,” he added. After joking that Conan O’Brien was to blame for everything – the Triumph started a little late at night with Conan O’Briend – Colbert added, “It ‘s predictable why these TV talkers talk like that. They want to talk about something other than the January 6 hearings, the real uprising that led to the death of many people and the injury of more than 140 police officers. But the equivalence between a troublemaker who invaded the Capitol to prevent the counting of ballots and a toy dog that eats cigars is a shameful and tragic insult to the memory of all those who died. Capitol in it. terrible day. But who knows? “Maybe there was a huge conspiracy to overthrow the US government with a rubber rottweiler.” The seven arrested were charged with illegal entry, according to Capitol police. Authorities said that at 8:30 p.m. “Call for unrest” in the Longworth building. “The officers who responded observed seven people, unaccompanied and unidentified by Congress, in a corridor on the sixth floor,” Capitol police said. “The building was closed to visitors and these individuals were determined to be part of a team instructed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day.” They said additional criminal charges could be filed. In a statement Friday night, CBS confirmed that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was “on site at the Capitol with a production team” on June 15 and 16, recording interviews. The interviews “were approved and pre-arranged through congressional assistants who interviewed members,” said a spokesman for the network. “After leaving the members’ offices at their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-up comedy and other latest comedy elements in theaters when they were arrested by Capitol police.”
