Khaberni - In a “surprising” decision that came after days of public disagreement with President Donald Trump, Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her resignation from “Congress”.
Disputes between Donald Trump and his former prominent ally in Congress, Republican Marjorie Taylor Taylor Greene, escalated into a public conflict.
In his social media posts, Trump described Greene as “crazy,” saying she should be ousted from her position in next year’s election, intensifying his criticisms by calling her a “traitor”.
Recently, Greene wondered whether Trump still puts “America First,” criticizing his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
The veteran supporter of the “Make America Great Again” movement boasted her conservative electoral record in Congress and her close alignment with Trump's priorities. However, she complained that the government shutdown and other issues had weakened the effectiveness of Congress.
In a video posted on her account on the “X” platform, Greene said, “I ran for Congress in 2020, and I fought every day believing that the Make America Great Again slogan means (America First). Yet, after nearly a year of our majority, the legislative body has been largely marginalized."
She continued, “I will resign from my position and my last working day will be on January 5, 2026,” adding that “defending American women who have been trafficked and exploited by wealthy and influential men should not lead to me being called a traitor and threatened by the President of the United States whom I fought for.”
Epstein Files
On Tuesday, American legislators voted overwhelmingly to release investigation documents in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, after President Donald Trump changed his position in the case following his prolonged pressure on Republicans to block the vote.
Trump, over the months, waged a fierce campaign to thwart this vote in the House of Representatives, which could have resulted in embarrassing consequences for the president, but he changed his position over the weekend after realizing that a significant part of his party was ready to defy him.
Members of the upper chamber in Congress unanimously agreed, without the need for a vote, to approve the bill as soon as it was referred from the House of Representatives, and it was passed without debate to President Donald Trump, who pledged to sign it into law.
The bill, approved by a majority of 427 votes to one opposed in the House of Representatives, aims to compel the Department of Justice to release all documents and records in its possession related to the American financial expert who died in prison in 2019 before his trial for committing sexual crimes.
After the vote in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Trump stated on his platform “Truth Social,” saying, “I don’t care when the Senate approves the bill (...) I just want the Republicans to remember all the victories we have achieved.”
President Trump reiterated on Tuesday, before the vote, that he "had no relationship with Jeffrey Epstein," saying he had expelled the financial expert from his luxury club at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida because he saw him as "a sick pervert."
Trump and Epstein were close from the late 1980s until their falling out at the beginning of the current century, before the expert financial was charged a few years later with managing a sex trafficking network involving underage girls.
Trump Backs Down
Facing a wave of anger and increasing rifts within his party before the vote, Donald Trump retracted his position on Sunday and announced his support for the bill.
He said, "We have nothing to hide," criticizing again what he considered a "trick" orchestrated by the Democratic opposition.
Nevertheless, the American president did not explain why he did not issue an order to the Attorney General to directly release the documents without going through a vote in Congress.
At a press conference held in front of the Capitol building before the vote, several victims of Jeffrey Epstein, often in an emotional tone, spoke about their experiences and called on Congress to pass the bill.
