Charges Dropped Against Colbert ‘Late Show’ Team Arrested for Unlawful Entry at Capitol

Charges Dropped Against Colbert ‘Late Show’ Team Arrested for Unlawful Entry at Capitol
Stephen Colbert on stage during the 2019 Montclair Film Festival at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, N.J., on May 4, 2019. Lars Niki/Getty Images for 2019 Montclair Film Festival
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Members of the production team of the talk show “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” have been cleared of their charges by federal prosecutors on Monday after they were arrested last month in a building in the U.S. Capitol complex for unlawful entry.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement it has decided to drop misdemeanor charges against the nine staffers who were arrested at the Longworth Office Building late on June 16, following “a comprehensive review of all of the evidence and the relevant legal authority.”

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