UK deputy prime minister quits after bullying investigation

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received findings into eight formal complaints against Dominic Raab

U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab grudgingly resigned Friday after an independent investigation found he bullied civil servants, though he criticized the report as "flawed." Raab's announcement came the day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak received the findings of an investigation into eight formal complaints that Raab, who is also justice secretary, had been abusive toward staff members during a previous stint in that office and while serving as Britain's foreign secretary and Brexit secretary.

Attorney Adam Tolley, who conducted the inquiry, said Raab "acted in a way which was intimidating," was "unreasonably and persistently aggressive" and "introduced a punitive element" to his leadership style.

"His conduct also involved an abuse or misuse of power in a way that undermines or humiliates," Tolley wrote in the 48-page report. "His conduct was bound to be experienced as undermining or humiliating by the affected individual, and it was so experienced.

Raab, 49, denied claims he belittled and demeaned his staff and said he "behaved professionally at all times," but said he was resigning because he had promised to do so if the bullying complaints were substantiated.