Trump Seeks $6 Million for Legal Costs of Georgia Election Case

President Donald Trump is asking to be paid $6.2 million for legal costs by the district attorney’s office in Georgia that charged him with trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump’s lawyers said in a court filing Wednesday he is due the money under a new Georgia law that requires defendants to be reimbursed for attorney fees and other costs in cases in which prosecutors have engaged in improper conduct and been disqualified.

The case was filed in 2023 by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. But it fell apart after it was revealed that ...