A number of staffers and performers for The Late Present With Stephen Colbert — together with Robert Smigel, who performs the foul-mouthed puppet Triumph the Insult Comedian Canine — had been arrested in Washington D.C. on Thursday and charged with illegal entry on the U.S. Capitol Constructing.
In response to a press release by Capitol Police to Leisure Weekly, officers “noticed seven people, unescorted and with out Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway. The constructing was closed to guests, and these people had been decided to be part of a gaggle that had been directed by the USCP to depart the constructing earlier within the day.”
In their very own assertion, CBS instructed EW that Triumph and the workforce from The Late Present had been “approved and pre-arranged via Congressional aides of the members interviewed.” It additional claimed “after leaving the members’ places of work on their final interview of the day, the manufacturing workforce stayed to movie stand-ups and different last comedy components within the halls after they had been detained by Capitol Police.”
Smigel first created Triumph in 1997 whereas working at Late Night time With Conan O’Brien. Initially a gag surrounding the weird environment at canine exhibits, Smigel started taking Triumph to numerous information occasions that had nothing to do with canines and having him report on (and usually mock) the contributors. One in every of his most well-known items concerned him interviewing Star Wars nerds ready on line for the premiere of Episode II: Assault of the Clones.
After Late Night time With Conan O’Brien went off the air, Smigel took Triumph to The Tonight Present, after which to numerous different tv sequence. Throughout his a number of a long time as a canine hand puppet journalist, he has lined quite a few presidential campaigns and elections.
In response to the Capitol Police’s assertion, an investigation into the incident continues and “could end in extra prison costs after session with the U.S. Legal professional.” In different phrases, that is a really shocking information story (for me to poop on).
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