(CNN) Members of a production team for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" were arrested earlier this week by police as they filmed a comedy segment at the US Capitol, in an incident that was used by prominent right-wing voices to assail the probe into the January 6 insurrection. US Capitol Police said in a Friday statement that at approximately 8:30 p.m. Thursday, officers "observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway" in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. "The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day," the statement said. Capitol Police said the individuals were charged with unlawful entry, adding that the matter is considered "an active criminal investigation" and that it "may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S. CBS said that its production team's interviews with members of Congress had been "authorized and pre-arranged."

Source: CNN June 18, 2022 05:37 UTC