JULY 20, 2022
The United States Capitol Police revealed new details on Tuesday alleging Stephen Colbert's staffers repeatedly disobeyed instructions from Capitol police officers prior to their arrest.
The news came one day after the U.S. Attorney's office declined to charge the staffers, whom the Capitol police referred to as the "Colbert Nine."
What are the details?
Capitol police Chief J. Thomas Manger explained in a letter the production crew was arrested in the Longworth House Office Building after a staffer for Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) secured his office and called the USCP emergency phone number to report a disturbance outside the office next to Bowman's.
That office belonged to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.).
"Do you remember me? Do you remember me?" a man with the production crew reportedly shouted outside Boebert's door. "It’s me. We’re going to leave something under your door."
A member of the production crew told responding officers they were credentialed press. However, none of the production crew had congressional press identification, neither were they accompanied by a congressional staff member, Manger explained. The group needed both to be in the building.
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