Overview
- Trump filed a motion in Fulton County on Jan. 7 requesting $6,261,613.08 to cover legal fees and costs from the dismissed case.
- The filing cites a new Georgia law that permits defendants to recover fees when a case is dropped following prosecutorial misconduct or removal.
- The prosecution was dismissed on Nov. 26, 2025 after Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council director Peter Skandalakis said continuing the case would not serve the interests of justice.
- Fulton County DA Fani Willis was disqualified by the Georgia Court of Appeals over an appearance of impropriety related to her relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, reversing Judge Scott McAfee’s earlier ruling.
- Attorney Steve Sadow labeled the prosecution politically motivated, and the court will now decide the fee request under a statute that gives defendants 45 days after dismissal to apply.