Speaking outside her home in Glasgow on Thursday, the former Scottish first minister said: “I am completely in the clear, that is the outcome I would always have expected.
“I think it won’t surprise anybody to hear me say that it’s not been an easy experience, so to reach this point today it is obviously something I am relieved about."
Sturgeon and former party treasurer Colin Beattie were both arrested in 2023, but released pending further investigation in the probe, named Operation Branchform by Police Scotland.
Both are no longer under investigation, police said on Thursday.
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