Stephen Colbert Responds for First Time After Staffers Arrested Near US Capitol

Stephen Colbert speaks during an event in Newark, N.J., on Dec. 7, 2019. Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for Montclair Film

TV host Stephen Colbert on June 20 downplayed his staff members allegedly breaking the law, resulting in their arrests.

Staffers with “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” were taken into custody on June 16 at a U.S. House of Representatives building that is connected to the U.S. Capitol.