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Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign from office, an unexpected turn for the high-profile Republican.

One of Donald Trump's MAGA superstars and staunchest defenders, the Georgia congresswoman's relentless calls for releasing files related to late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and recent criticism of some of his policies led to a bitter public feud.

After the US president labelled her a "traitor", she said in a video announcing her departure: "I refuse to be a 'battered wife' hoping it all goes away and gets better."

Trump, who had threatened to support a Republican challenger to unseat Greene, called her resignation "great news for the country" in an interview with ABC News.

"For some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD," he later wrote on Truth Social.

"Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country!"

Greene said in her video statement, posted on social media, that she would leave the US Congress on 5 January 2026.

She said that she did "not want my sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary against me by the president we all fought for, only to fight and win my election while Republicans will likely lose the midterms".

She had been one of the loudest demanding the release of documents related to Epstein, an issue that once united Trump and his base but has since become divisive.

Trump had spent months arguing that the issue was a distraction concocted by his political detractors.

"Standing up for American women who were raped at 14, trafficked and used by rich powerful men, should not result in me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States, whom I fought for," Greene said in her resignation letter.

Over the last few months, she has gone on a number of high-profile news shows and was critical of Trump and fellow Republicans.