Lawmakers want answers after Stephen Colbert employees arrested at Capitol for unlawful entry

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[TigerClaws]

Lawmakers will demand answers on the arrest of several employees of late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert at the Capitol Thursday when Congress resumes next week, a leading Republican told Fox News.

Days after Democrats on the House January 6 Committee called on Rep. Barry Loudermilk's, R-Ga, to answer questions about a tour he gave the day before the Capitol riot, several people, including CBS employees who work Colbert's late-night program were arrested for unlawful entry to the complex.

Late Thursday, the individuals, including "Triumph, the Insult Dog" puppeteer Robert Smigel – a frequent guest of Colbert's -- were not credentialed to be walking around without an escort, a House Republican source told Fox News. Others arrested included Colbert writer Josh Comers and associate producer Allison Martinez.

The group was cleared into the complex by staffers for Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., and House January 6 Committee Member Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

[TigerClaws]

#colbertgate

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[DoughtyOne]

Sound like an insurrection to me.

And Schiff was involved...

[sauropod]

Puzzle me this, D1.

Why are there no repercussions for Schiff and why doesn’t this invalidate the J6 committee?

[rdcbn1]

Schiff gets away with this crap because he is in the majority. Before the Democrats were in the majority, the RINO Republicans blocked any serious attempts to reign him in.

[ValleyofHope]

Hmmm...a curious development

[The Mayor]

Schiff for brains

[SpinyNorman]

Sounds like they were as heavily armed as the J6 “insurrectionists,” and just as credentialed.

[shadeaud]

Lock em up in dark dank cell in Alcatraz with dripping toilet run off on their soiled mattress. Keep a strobe light flashing into their eyes and play Janice Joplin's greatest hits full volume just for the effect

[Mark17]

Sound like an insurrection to me.

And Schiff was involved...

Lock his sorry a$$ up.

[DoughtyOne]

Nancy Pelosi would have to be involved, and approve of any
punitive action against Schiff.

Kevin McCarthy the ranking Minority Leader could at least
go after Schiff viciously, but he doesn’t.

If the rolls were reversed the Democrat Minority leader
would be scorching any guy on our team who did the things
Schiff has. He’d do it non-stop daily!

This is why Republicans are convinced the Republicans don’t
give a hoot whether they prevail or not. This is one
instance of them not caring. The 2020 election is another.

Our people are not in this to win. They are weak milk-toast
people who have no drive, no hunger to get things done.

The whole lot of them remind me of Speaker John Bonner.

[DoughtyOne]

Yes, it is curious.

I think we shouldn’t dismiss it.

It looks innocuous, but there may have been a purpose.

[DoughtyOne]

I second.

All in favor...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

i disagree with one point in your excellent post.

republicans are not weak..they want the lobbyist money just like the dems..and cheap labor,etc

[sauropod]

No! Not Sobbin’ John!

This is why I no longer consider myself a Republican. Been betrayed too many times.

[DoughtyOne]

If we split it into two efforts, I would agree that they show
strength in seeking to get lobbyist money, but when it comes
to Conservatism, their spine liquefies on cue.

Is that better?

[granite]

They were filming a new skit for the committee and their 1/6 production.

[vivenne]

They were there earlier in the day and told yo leave but they came back. They were found next to Lauren Boeberts office.

[DoughtyOne]

He did nothing for us.

They do nothing for us.

They’re all feminized pretenders.

The only time they show spine is election season. Then it’s
back to avoiding being pinned down on a Conservative issue.

If they were put in the spotlight like a Speaker is, odds
are they’d cry too.

I agree with your take on Bonner.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention.

Were you correcting something I said. If so, it’s okay.

I just wondered.