A group of people associated with Stephen Colbert's late-night talk show who were arrested on charges of unlawfully entering a congressional office building won't be prosecuted.
Nine people associated with CBS' "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" were arrested last month for ignoring instructions stay with a staff escort while inside the building.
The statement said that members of the group had been told several times before entering the buildings that they had to remain with a staff escort.
They were there to film a segment for the show featuring Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a puppet that has appeared on late-night comedy shows for decades.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia is declining to prosecute the case according to the police.
The department said they respected the decision of the office.
The production team for Colbert's show had scheduled interviews on Capitol Hill that were "authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed."
Police were called to the Longworth House Office Building where they found a group of people without identification in a hallway.
The building was closed to the public and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been ordered to leave the building earlier in the day. The department said in a June 17 statement that they were charged with illegal entry.
The arrests were made after a public hearing by the House select committee.
Tucker Carlson tried to draw a comparison between the late-night staffers and the Capitol rioters in order to suggest a double-standard in treatment by law enforcement.
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