Marjorie Taylor Greene came into Congress as one of Donald Trump's staunchest defenders.

Sworn into office just days before the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, Greene supported the president - and echoed his contention that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen" - when many in the Republican Party disavowed him.

Now, five years later, Greene will leave Congress having been branded a "traitor" by the man she once revered.

Over the course of just a handful of months, Greene broke with Trump in the most dramatic fashion.

Although Greene had criticised Trump's decision to launch airstrikes on Iran, his support for Israel during the Gaza War and a lack of sufficient regulation of big technology companies earlier this year, the final fracture began over Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted paedophile who had connections to the wealthy and powerful.

She condemned Trump's unwillingness to order his justice department to fully release its files on the case, and appeared alongside Epstein's victims – and Democrats - to force a House vote on the matter.

It didn't end there, however.

Greene would also question Republican strategy during the recent government shutdown, siding with Democrats in calling on her party to address expiring healthcare subsidies for low-income Americans.

She publicly berated Trump for what she said was an undue emphasis on foreign policy at the expense of addressing economic and........

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