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Fani Willis moves to block nearly $17 million in legal fee claims from Trump co-defendants
Fani Willis is asking a Fulton County judge to dismiss nearly $17 million in attorney fee claims filed by defendants in the dismissed 2023 election interference case, arguing that the law they are relying on is unconstitutional, vague, and being misapplied.
In a brief filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court, Willis moved to intervene in proceedings tied to a 2025 state law that allows defendants to seek reimbursement of legal fees if a prosecutor is disqualified for "improper conduct" and the case is later dismissed
Willis argues the defendants are not eligible for reimbursement because her disqualification stemmed from the "appearance of impropriety," not a finding of actual improper conduct.
The brief also argues there was no causal connection between her disqualification and the later dismissal of the indictment. According to the filing, the successor prosecutor's decision to seek a nolle prosequi - a prosecutor or plaintiff's official notice voluntarily withdrawing a pending criminal charge or civil lawsuit - did not rely on the issues that led to her removal. Willis contends the statute requires a nexus between the disqualification and the dismissal - not merely that one event happened after the other.
In a brief filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court, Willis moved to intervene in proceedings tied to a 2025 state law that allows defendants to seek reimbursement of legal fees if a prosecutor is disqualified for "improper conduct" and the case is later dismissed
Willis argues the defendants are not eligible for reimbursement because her disqualification stemmed from the "appearance of impropriety," not a finding of actual improper conduct.
The brief also argues there was no causal connection between her disqualification and the later dismissal of the indictment. According to the filing, the successor prosecutor's decision to seek a nolle prosequi - a prosecutor or plaintiff's official notice voluntarily withdrawing a pending criminal charge or civil lawsuit - did not rely on the issues that led to her removal. Willis contends the statute requires a nexus between the disqualification and the dismissal - not merely that one event happened after the other.
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/fani-willis-moves-to-block-nearly-17-million-in-legal-fee-claims-from-trump-co-defendants/
