Stephen Colbert Reveals What Really Happened to His Staff When They Were Detained by Capitol Police

Stephen Colbert is addressing the arrest of his The Late Show staff members at the Capitol Building last week.

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Some members of Colbert‘s staff were at the Capitol in Washington D.C. to film a segment with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

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Colbert explained what happened when his staff got detained at the Capitol.

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“The Capitol police were just doing their job, my staff was just doing their job, everyone was very professional. My staffs were detained, processed and released.”

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Colbert then called out Fox News for turning a fairly simple story into a media storm when they “started claiming that my squad had committed insurrection at the Capitol building”.

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