Overview
- TMZ video shows Rep. Lauren Boebert pleading at the door as several of her staffers were turned away, though she was allowed inside.
- Mediaite reports that Republican attendees included Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tim Burchett, Anna Paulina Luna, Beth Van Duyne, Rich McCormick and Boebert, with caviar and a chocolate fountain among the offerings.
- Former Santos aide Vish Burra worked the door, later saying on social media that only handpicked names were admitted, and multiple staffers for Boebert and Luna were denied.
- The guest list mixed political and pop-culture figures, including Martin Shkreli, Anna Delvey, Leah McSweeney, Kari Lake, Meghan McCain, Monica Crowley, Rob Smith and Jessica Reed Kraus.
- George Santos was released in October after President Donald Trump commuted his sentence for fraud and identity-theft convictions earlier this year.