Trump Seeks $6 Million Legal Fee Reimbursement for Dismissed Georgia Election Case

A 2025 state law allows criminal defendants to recover their legal costs when their prosecutor is disqualified for improper conduct.
Trump Seeks $6 Million Legal Fee Reimbursement for Dismissed Georgia Election Case
(Left) Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis at the Atlanta Police headquarters in Atlanta on May 3, 2023. (Right) Former President Donald Trump prepares to deliver remarks in Las Vegas on July 8, 2023. Megan Varner; Mario Tama/Getty Images
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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President Donald Trump is asking the state of Georgia to reimburse $6.26 million in attorney fees and costs he incurred defending against his now-dismissed election interference case in the state.

In a motion filed on Jan. 7 in Fulton County Superior Court, Trump’s legal team cited a 2025 Georgia law that states that if a prosecutor is disqualified from a case because of improper conduct and the case is subsequently dismissed, defendants in that case are entitled to request “all reasonable attorney’s fees and costs incurred” in their defense.