WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign from the US House of Representatives, an abrupt fall from grace for one of Donald Trump’s most vocal MAGA allies.
In a video posted on social media, the Georgia congresswoman said she will leave office on 5 January 2026, citing a bitter clash with the president over policy and the handling of documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“I refuse to be a ‘battered wife’ hoping it all goes away and gets better,” Greene said, calling the situation “untenable” after Trump publicly branded her a “traitor” and threatened to back a primary challenger against her.
Trump, in an interview with ABC News, hailed her announcement as “great news for the country,” later writing on Truth Social that “for some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD,” while still thanking her “for her service to our Country.”
Greene said she did not want her “sweet district to have to endure a hurtful and hateful primary” driven by the president she had helped elect, adding that such a fight could damage Republicans heading into the 2026 midterms.
At the heart of the rift was Greene’s unrelenting push for the release of files related to Epstein and his network of powerful associates. Once a rallying cry for Trump’s base, the issue had become increasingly divisive inside the administration. Trump argued the focus on Epstein had become a distraction; Greene accused him of abandoning victims.
“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,” she wrote in her resignation letter.
Greene had also broken with Trump on pocketbook issues, attacking him in a series of high-profile TV appearances over tariffs, the cost of living and what she called a lack of urgency on economic relief for working families.
Their feud culminated in Trump calling her “wacky” and vowing to unseat her, before abruptly reversing course on the Epstein records under growing pressure from Republicans and victims’ advocates. He signed a bill this week requiring the Justice Department to release the documents within 30 days.
Elected in 2020 after promoting QAnon and other conspiracy theories — remarks she has since tried to walk back — Greene became a symbol of the GOP’s combative Trump-era style. Her departure will narrow an already slim Republican majority in the House, adding fresh uncertainty ahead of a high-stakes midterm year.
