Trump Asks Georgia Taxpayers to Repay More Than $6 Million in His Election-Case Legal Fees

On January 7, 2026, President Trump filed a request seeking more than $6 million in reimbursement for legal fees incurred defending the Fulton County, Georgia, prosecution over alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The case, brought in 2023 by then-District Attorney Fani Willis against Trump and 18 co-defendants, collapsed after Willis was disqualified over her relationship with a fellow prosecutor, and a Georgia prosecutor dropped the remaining charges in November 2025.

The reimbursement claim was made possible by a Georgia law enacted by Republican legislators after the case was brought, which allows defendants in certain circumstances to recover costs. The mechanism converts the collapse of a state prosecution into a direct financial transfer from a county government to the sitting president, and it does so under a statute passed while that prosecution was pending.

The request was pending as of late January 2026, when the Justice Department and FBI were separately seeking Fulton County's 2020 election records.