DOJ Declines to Prosecute Colbert Crew Who Wandered Around Capitol After Hours Without an Escort

The Capitol Police are unhappy with the decision to drop the charges, “especially since the Colbert 9 were told on multiple occasions they weren’t supposed to be there.”

(Debra Hein – American Greatness) The Department of Justice on Monday declined to prosecute the “Colbert 9 insurrectionists” after they were arrested for unlawfully roaming around a congressional office building after hours, last month. Federal prosecutors said they cleared the alleged trespassers of wrongdoing because they were “invited by Congressional staffers to enter the building.”

On June 16, nine staffers associated with CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” were arrested after ignoring instructions to stay with a staff escort while inside the building. The staffers were caught loudly recording comedy skits inside a House Office Building after hours without permission, Fox News reported. People who don’t work on Capitol Hill are not allowed inside the official buildings after hours unless they have an escort, Fox noted. View article →

 

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