The DOJ is declining to prosecute 'Late Show' crew members who were arrested for unlawful entry at the U.S. House office buildings last month.
on Monday that they were “informed the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Columbia is declining to prosecute the case.”According to the Capitol Police, the staffers were arrested because they were “told several times before they entered the congressional buildings that they had to remain with a staff escort” but “failed to do so.”The U.S.
"The Office would be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these invited guests were guilty of the crime of unlawful entry because their escort chose to leave them unattended," the statement said. The office concluded that it "[does] not believe it is probable that the Office would be able to obtain and sustain convictions on these charges."The staffers, including comedian Robert Smigel, the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, were arrested on June 16 while filming a segment for the show outside a Jan. 6 select committee hearing.
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