President Donald Trump’s motion seeking more than $6.2 million in attorney fee reimbursements from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office has spotlighted novel legal and ethical questions about prosecution standards, fee-shifting statutes, prosecutorial independence, and the impact on local taxpayers. Background: How We Got Here Trump filed the fee motion after a Georgia racketeering case…
The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, leaving her disqualified from prosecuting the high-profile election interference case against former President Donald Trump and several co-defendants. In a closely divided 4–3 decision issued Tuesday, the state’s highest court denied Willis’ request to overturn the Georgia Court…