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Colbert began his monologue by explaining what happened at the Capitol, outlining what his crew were up to, where they were and who they spoke to, emphasizing they had permission to be there.

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00:00Quick question. Quick question. How was your weekend? I certainly had an interesting one

00:06because some of my staff had a memorable one. This episode of THR News is brought to you by

00:13Netflix's Squid Game for your Emmy consideration. Stephen Colbert addressed the arrests of members

00:19of his production team at a U.S. Capitol office building last week. During Monday's Late Show,

00:24Colbert explained what happened. Among those arrested was Robert Smigel, the longtime SNL

00:29and late night writer who's appeared as Triumph the insult comic dog on the show. They were doing

00:34some last minute puppetry and jokey make-em-ups in a hallway when Triumph and my folks were approached

00:41and detained by the Capitol Police, which actually isn't that surprising. Colbert's quip about Capitol

00:47Police was of course in reference to the January 6th insurrection last year that led to five people

00:53dying. The Capitol Police are much more cautious than they were say 18 months ago and for a very

01:00good reason. If you don't know what that reason is, I know what news network you watch. He added,

01:06the Capitol Police were just doing their job. My staff was just doing their job. Everyone was very

01:11professional. Everyone was very calm. My staffers were detained, processed and released. A very unpleasant

01:17experience for my staff. Colbert then referenced Fox News' coverage of the incident, with the cable

01:22news network suggesting the Late Show crew had caused an insurrection of their own.

01:26First of all, what? Second of all, huh? Third of all, they weren't in the Capitol building.

01:35He continued, drawing any equivalence between rioters storming our Capitol to prevent the counting of

01:40electoral ballots and a cigar-chomping toy dog is a shameful and grotesque insult to the memory of

01:46everyone who died. Colbert's comments come just a few days after seven members of his team were arrested

01:51at the Longworth House office building after it had closed for the evening. The team had been

01:56recording interviews with members of Congress earlier in the day. For more on this story,

02:00head to THR.com. And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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