Late-night TV host Stephen Colbert sought Monday to lower the temperature on the arrests of his staffers at a House office building, calling it a case of “first-degree puppetry” and accusing critics of blowing the story out of proportion.
“Quick question: How was your weekend? I certainly had an interesting one because some of my staff had a memorable one,” Mr. Colbert said at the start of CBS’ “The Late Show.”
Addressing the issue for the first time since the Thursday night incident, Mr. Colbert said he was contacted earlier by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who “offered to go down to D.