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Top GOP House members seek records on Stephen Colbert staff U.S. Capitol arrests

Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Rodney Davis of Illinois sent a letter Monday to the Capitol Police demanding details on the seven Stephen Colbert staffers charged with unlawfully entering the Longworth House Office Building.

The congressmen asked for all security footage, photographs, reports, witness statements, and other materials “related to the arrest of individuals associated with ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ on June 16, 2022.”

“Much has been made lately about unauthorized access to House office buildings, including debunked Democrat allegations that Republican members led so-called reconnaissance tours of the Capitol Complex in advance of January 6,” said the letter to Capitol Police Chief J.