President Donald Trump is seeking more than $6.2 million in attorney fees and legal costs from the office of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, following the dismissal of the 2020 election interference case she brought against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The request comes after Willis was permanently removed from the case last September, when the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that she and her office could not continue prosecuting it. The court cited an \u201cappearance of impropriety\u201d stemming from Willis\u2019 romantic relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, whom she had appointed to lead the case. The prosecution was formally dismissed in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under a law passed by Georgia state legislators last year, defendants are entitled to seek reimbursement of legal costs if a prosecutor is disqualified due to their own improper conduct and the case is subsequently dismissed. The statute allows defendants to request \u201call reasonable attorney\u2019s fees and costs incurred\u201d in their defense. Any award is reviewed by the judge overseeing the case and paid from the prosecutor\u2019s office budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trump\u2019s lead Georgia attorney, Steve Sadow, said the request follows directly from that law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cIn accordance with Georgia law, President Trump has moved the Court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred in his defense of the politically motivated, and now rightfully dismissed, case brought by disqualified DA Fani Willis,\u201d Sadow said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n