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Natalie Greene, 26, was working as a staff assistant for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) when she reported an alleged attack on July 23, 2025

Prosecutors say Greene paid a Pennsylvania scarification artist to inflict her wounds hours before the report, according to the complaint

“Co-Conspirator 1” allegedly searched “zip ties near me” on July 21, 2025, two days before Greene called 911, per the complaint

Natalie Greene, a former GOP congressional aide who claimed she was ambushed by three men on a New Jersey trail in July, is now accused by federal prosecutors of staging the attack herself.

According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court and a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, Greene, 26, previously worked in the district

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