A former staffer in New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew's office is facing federal charges after allegedly staging an attack on herself. Prosecutors say she made the attack appear politically motivated by hiring an unnamed person to cut parts of her body and write on her body.

Natalie Greene, 26, of Ocean City, is charged with one count of conspiracy to convey false statements and hoaxes, and one count of making false statements to federal law enforcement, the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Jersey said in a news release on Wednesday.

Greene is accused of working with a co-conspirator to fabricate a story that she was attacked based on her former employment for Van Drew, a Republican who represents South Jersey's District 2. Investigators believe Greene worked with a "scarification" artist to cr

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