In a significant legal move, former President Donald Trump has filed a motion seeking more than $6.2 million in attorney fees and costs from the Fulton County District Attorney’s office following the dismissal of the Georgia election interference case against him.

The motion, filed Wednesday, requests exactly $6,261,613.08 in reimbursement. Trump’s legal team is basing this claim on a Georgia state law passed last year that allows defendants to recover legal expenses if a prosecutor is disqualified due to improper conduct and the case is subsequently dismissed.

“In accordance with Georgia law, President Trump has moved the Court to award reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred in his defense of the politically motivated, and now rightfully dismissed, case brought by disqualified DA Fani Willis,” said Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney in Georgia, in a statement.

The case against Trump collapsed after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was removed from the prosecution due to an “appearance of impropriety” stemming from her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the special prosecutor she hired to lead the case.

Willis had secured an indictment against Trump and 18 others in August 2023, using Georgia’s anti-racketeering law to allege a coordinated scheme to illegally overturn Trump’s narrow 2020 presidential election loss to Joe Biden in Georgia. The indictment highlighted several actions, including Trump’s phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he urged the official to “find” enough votes to reverse Biden’s victory.

The controversy over Willis’ relationship with Wade emerged in January 2024 when defense attorneys revealed the pair had been romantically involved. Defense lawyers argued this created a conflict of interest, suggesting Willis personally benefited from the case when Wade used his earnings to pay for vacations they took together.

During a February hearing, both Willis and Wade testified about their relationship, claiming it began after Wade’s hiring and that they split costs for their personal activities. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee criticized Willis for a “tremendous lapse in judgment” but initially ruled she could remain on the case if Wade resigned, which he promptly did.

However, defense attorneys appealed this ruling, and in December, the Georgia Court of Appeals removed Willis from the case entirely, citing the “appearance of impropriety.” The Georgia Supreme Court declined to hear Willis’ appeal in September.

Following Willis’ disqualification, the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia was tasked with finding a replacement prosecutor. The council’s executive director, Pete Skandalakis, ultimately took over the case himself and dismissed it less than two weeks later.

Willis’ office has declined to comment specifically on Trump’s filing but previously expressed concerns about the law allowing defendants to seek reimbursement. In a motion filed last month responding to a similar request from another defendant, her office argued the statute “raises grave separation-of-powers concerns by purporting to impose financial liability on a constitutional officer, twice elected by the citizens of Fulton County, for the lawful exercise of her core duties under the Georgia Constitution.”

The District Attorney’s office also contended the law violates due process by “retroactively imposing a novel fee-shifting scheme” that creates a substantial financial burden for county taxpayers without recourse.

Willis has maintained that her prosecution “was neither arbitrary nor political” and resulted from an “exhaustive investigation spanning years.” Her office noted that both a special grand jury and a regular grand jury had recommended and issued the indictment after reviewing extensive evidence.

Before its dismissal, the case had seen four defendants plead guilty in the months following the original indictment. The remaining charges against Trump and others have now been dropped, leaving only the question of legal fees to be resolved.

Judge McAfee will now be responsible for reviewing Trump’s request and determining what, if any, fees and costs should be awarded from the District Attorney’s budget.