Police Scotland boss Sir Iain Livingstone has said it's "absolutely outrageous" to imply that he or his force tipped off Nicola Sturgeon that her husband would be arrested, following accusations.
Former SNP chief Peter Murrell was arrested as part of investigations into the party's finances on April 5, just over a month after the former First Minister suddenly resigned from her role.
Surgeon maintains that no current pressures had driven her to quit, but opponents have asserted that it was too much of a coincidence that she announced she was leaving the job on February 15.