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Colbert Staffers Won’t Be Charged With Unlawful Entry After June Arrest at the Capitol

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said Monday in a statement. The office “has determined that it cannot move forward with misdemeanor charges of unlawful entry,” the statement read, citing the fact that the employees, including Triumph puppeteer Robert Smigel, “were invited by congressional staffers” both times they entered the Longworth Office Building on June 16.

Although they “were never asked to leave,” and the U.S. Capitol Police who arrested them informed they they were supposed to have an escort, the D.C.

U.S. Attorney’s Office decided it was could prove unlawful entry beyond a reasonable doubt. They are no longer required to appear at a previously scheduled court date on July 20.

On June 20, Colbert mocked the conservative outcry over the supposed break-in, saying that if his staff was guilty of anything, it was “first degree puppetry.

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