A 26-year-old woman in New Jersey and former aide to a Republican congressman is accused of staging a politically-motivated attack on herself, hiring a "body modification" artist to inflict multiple wounds on her body and face, writing "Trump whore" on her stomach, and using zip ties to restrain herself in the woods before blaming the ordeal on three gun-toting men who disagreed with her politics.

Natalie Greene, an ex-aide to Rep. Jeff Van Drew of Ocean City, is facing one count of conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes and one count of making false statements to federal law enforcement, authorities announced .

According to a news release from the Department of Justice, Greene's co-conspirator placed a late-night 911 call on July 23, telling the emergency dispatcher that three

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