Cobb County Sues Trump For Legal Fees In Election Fraud Lawsuit

Marietta GA

26 February, 2021

1:48 PM

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COBB COUNTY, GA — Cobb County is suing former President Donald Trump for legal fees over a lawsuit questioning the legitimacy of the November presidential election in Georgia. Cobb County filed a motion Monday in the Fulton County Superior Court against Trump, his campaign and the Georgia Republican Party Chairman David Shafer, court documents show. DeKalb County filed a similar motion Monday as well. Trump and Shafer filed a lawsuit in the Fulton County Superior Court in December, alleging fraud and irregularities in the presidential election in Georgia. The lawsuit — which was withdrawn in Jan. 7, just one day after the Capitol siege and certification of President Joe Biden's victory — named Cobb County's director of registration and elections, Janine Eveler, and DeKalb County's Erica Hamilton as defendants. RELATED: DeKalb County Sues Trump For Legal Fees In Election Fraud Lawsuit Thirteen other county election department managers were also listed as defendants, as well as Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. The Trump campaign also filed similar lawsuits that failed in other states. "Given the number of failed lawsuits filed by the former President and his campaign, Petitioners apparently believed that they could filed their baseless and legally deficient actions with impunity, with no regard for the costs extracted from the taxpayers' coffers of the consequences to the democratic foundations of our country," the motion reads. Biden won Cobb County with 56.34 percent of the vote, according to the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. The county paid $10,875 in legal fees and court costs due to the election fraud lawsuit, since Eveler was sued as a county employee. Cobb County is seeking repayment for this spending, and claimed in its lawsuit that Eveler was "improperly named as a defendant in this matter." "Petitioners [Trump, his campaign and Shafer] continued to move forward with their unfounded claims even after this contest was mooted as a matter law. Moreover, they continued to improperly include Eveler and other county officials as respondents in their amended petitions even after this erroneous inclusion was brought to their attention," the county's motion reads.