Nine people affiliated with 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' were arrested Thursday night for allegedly illegally entering the Longworth House Office Building near the U.S. Capitol. Conservative commentators have compared it to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
, CBS confirmed that members of the show’s staff, who were there to record interviews, were detained.
According to Davis, the staffers were cleared into the Capitol complex by staffers for Rep. Jake Auchincloss and Rep. Adam Schiff . Before being detained, they reportedly banged on the doors of offices of Rep. Kevin McCarthy , Rep. Jim Jordan , and Lauren Boebert .
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