Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert was looking to have a fun night out with her staff at George Santos‘ holiday party in D.C. … but the vibe shifted quickly when her aides got bounced at the door.

Check out the vid … Boebert and her crew pulled up to the swanky soirée — dubbed “Santos Claus” — on Tuesday night, and she seems shocked when several of her staffers were blocked from entering.

Boebert tries working her charm on the gatekeeper — Vish Burra — while the staffers are seen awkwardly hovering behind her.

He says George — the former New York representative who was convicted of identity theft and fraud, sent to prison, then pardoned by President Trump — was adamant he wanted everyone he had picked to be at the party … and if you weren’t chosen, well, nothing personal.

About 100 people packed the shindig — including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Anna Delvey, Martin Shkreli, former ‘RHONY’ star Leah McSweeney and more.

Boebert wasn’t the only one dealing with door drama — we’re told Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna also had a few staffers who couldn’t get past security.

As for what it was like inside … Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett gave us the full rundown on the scene.

Jen Shah finally reunited with her family and friends after spending 33 months behind bars in Texas … marking the first time she’s been seen since her prison release.

“The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” alum was captured arriving at Salt Lake City International Airport on Wednesday night after flying home on a commercial flight from Texas, where she’d been incarcerated since 2022.

Several friends and family members were waiting to welcome her at the airport, greeting her with balloons, flowers, and emotional embraces. Jen was accompanied on the flight by her husband, Sharrieff Shah.

As we reported … Jen is now under community confinement … meaning she’ll spend her time either in home confinement or at a halfway house as she continues serving her sentence.

Zac Brown haters are hell-bent on convincing people his show’s Satanic … but, the Church of Satan’s telling people to slow their roll — because they know what the Devil’s rituals really look like!

Here’s the deal … the singer-songwriter played The Sphere in Las Vegas last weekend, and his set was accompanied by some images that sent the righteous souls on social media clutching their crucifixes.

One image rising over the stage was a skeleton with a huge jagged crown towering high above everything … its mouth open in a macabre smile as the Zac Brown Band tore up the stage.

The visuals had concerned onlookers screaming “demonic” … even claiming it was all part of some Satanic ritual … so, we went to the ultimate authority on the topic — The Church of Satan itself.

The Satanic Rev. Jared Mammon tells TMZ … they can confirm the concert in question was not a Satanic ritual — and, they know because the church still hosts some, which you can find on YouTube … if you’re old enough for age-restricted content, that is.

His Unholiness tells us he thinks this is just decades-old hysteria brewing again, recurring whenever the masses interpret “everything that amounts to glorified Halloween decorations as ‘Satanic.’” He adds the world of music is consistently beset by such complaints … with any group that uses dark or non-Christian imagery being branded with the proverbial pentagram.

Mammon says he thinks we’re headed backward to a 1980s Satanic Panic mentality … when thousands of unsubstantiated cases about Satanism dominated news cycles in the USA.

Basically, Mammon thinks people are attacking Zac and the band for no reason … though he says any and all publicity helps out the Church of Satan — so, at the very least, he hopes it’ll interest people in learning the truth about Satanic rituals or reading The Satanic Bible.

Reverend Mammon leaves us with a final thought … urging “Those who are frightened by theatrical skeletons wearing crowns to pause for a moment to reflect on their knee-jerk reaction and consider the implications before jumping to lengths worthy of an Olympic Gold medal.”