A former staffer for Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew who was charged with lying about being attacked in a nature reserve told investigators that Van Drew’s office has received repeated threats.

Natalie Greene had several cuts on her face, neck, chest and shoulder and the phrase “Trump Whore” written across her stomach and Van Drew “IS RACIST” written on her back after Egg Harbor Township police responded to a 911 call made by her friend on July 23, officials said.

In an interview with law enforcement two days after being found in a wooded area of the Egg Harbor Nature Reserve with her shirt pulled over her head and her hands and feet zip tied, Greene claimed Van Drew’s office has received a package with powder and that “our protesters have been really bad lately.”

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