US President Donald Trump is seeking more than $6 million in legal fees after a lawsuit filed against him in November in the state of Georgia concerning alleged illegal attempts to influence the results of the 2020 presidential election was dismissed, according to a court document.
The petition, filed Wednesday in a Georgia court, targets the office of former Attorney General Vanee Willis, who filed the lawsuit in 2023 against Trump and 14 others. The case was withdrawn from her office in December 2024, after Trump's re-election, due to an inappropriate relationship she had with an investigator she had hired. The Georgia court dismissed the case in late November, thus ending the last criminal charges against Trump.
At the time, Trump said, "Law and justice have prevailed in the great state of Georgia," describing the prosecution as a "witch hunt" and reiterating his claims that the 2020 election results were "rigged" in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.
The indictment focused on a series of alleged illegal election manipulations in seven key states, including Georgia.
Trump is demanding $6 million from a plaintiff who sued him for allegedly changing the election results.
