President Trump is seeking a hefty payout from the state of Georgia after an election interference case against him was dismissed last week. Racketeering charges, which stemmed from his alleged attempt to manipulate the 2020 presidential election results in the state, were dropped when Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was accused of violating personal ethics due to her relationship with the lead prosecutor on the case.
Willis was later removed from the case, and a new DA declined to pursue it. Trump's defense attorney, Steve Sadow, claims that they will be seeking reimbursement for all expenses related to the dropped case under Georgia law (GA Code §17-11-6). This section allows state criminal defendants to recover legal fees when the prosecutor is "disqualified due to improper conduct."
Sadow estimates that President Trump could receive millions in attorney's fees and costs, with some estimates suggesting as much as $5 million. If this amount includes the fees for his co-defendants, Georgia taxpayers could be liable for up to $10 million.
The funds would reportedly come from the existing budget of Willis' office, without requiring any additional taxpayer funding. Sadow expressed regret over the impact on her budget but maintained that she bears the responsibility for bringing and pursuing the case.
Willis was later removed from the case, and a new DA declined to pursue it. Trump's defense attorney, Steve Sadow, claims that they will be seeking reimbursement for all expenses related to the dropped case under Georgia law (GA Code §17-11-6). This section allows state criminal defendants to recover legal fees when the prosecutor is "disqualified due to improper conduct."
Sadow estimates that President Trump could receive millions in attorney's fees and costs, with some estimates suggesting as much as $5 million. If this amount includes the fees for his co-defendants, Georgia taxpayers could be liable for up to $10 million.
The funds would reportedly come from the existing budget of Willis' office, without requiring any additional taxpayer funding. Sadow expressed regret over the impact on her budget but maintained that she bears the responsibility for bringing and pursuing the case.
they're basically trying to milk this whole situation for all it's worth. newsflash: you got what you wanted (the election interference case gets dropped) now stop whining about the financials. and btw, if we're gonna talk about financials, shouldn't his own lawyers be footing some of those bills? 
. If Trump's people are gonna get a sweet payout just 'cause one of his own team members got in trouble, it sets a bad precedent 
. Like, shouldn't he be paying for the mistakes of his own people instead? 
It's already kinda expensive to defend him against all these lawsuits... now he's trying to bill the taxpayers for his own lawyers' time? That's just not right 
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. But wait, if that's true then shouldn't Willis have to pay herself for doing a bad job on the case? I mean, it's not like she had some super cool reason for investigating Trump and now she gets off scot-free 
. On the other hand, maybe Trump is entitled to get his money back since he didn't do anything wrong in the first place... but then again, shouldn't Georgia taxpayers be paying for all that just because of some technicality? 
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anyway so now President Trump's defense attorney Steve Sadow is claiming he needs to get reimbursed for all the money they spent on this case which is supposedly around 5 million dollars 
president trump is trying to scam the state of georgia out of millions of dollars because his lawyers lost their case 
. i mean, come on, if he's so sure he's innocent, why does he need a payout for losing a court case? 
. Meanwhile, DA Willis is basically being scapegoated for Trump's own failures. This whole thing just smells like a huge mess 
so like President Trump is seeking a big payout from Georgia because an election interference case against him got dropped... and now he's going after the DA who was in charge of the case? 
did some research but I'm still not sure...
she was in the middle of this whole thing and had her career called into question just because Trump wanted to play hardball. And now she's gotta deal with the fallout, even if it is just financial 
. Maybe Trump will try to sue them for "harassment" or something 
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). And can we talk about how ridiculous it is that the prosecutors had a personal relationship that led to the whole thing falling apart? It's like they're saying "hey, let's just drop the case because our friends are having some drama" 
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