Stephen Colbert downplays Late Show staff arrest by US Capitol Police as a ‘non-surrection’

‘The Late Show’ host Stephen Colbert wisecracked about his staffers being arrested for unlawful entry to the US Capitol, and insisted they did nothing wrong. 

The host dismissed the comparisons between his staff’s arrest and the January 6 riot as a ‘non-surrection’ and joked that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog should be charged with ‘first degree puppetry.’

Colbert began his monologue by saying: ‘How was your weekend? I certainly had an interesting one, because some of my staff had a memorable one.’ 

He continued: ‘Triumph offered to go down to DC to interview some Congress people to highlight some January 6 hearings.’ 

Colbert joked: ‘I said, ‘Sure, if you can get anyone to talk to you. Because, and please don’t take this as an insult, you’re a puppet.’

The funnyman insisted his team had…