Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pushed back against President Donald Trump and his former codefendants’ effort to recover nearly $17 million in legal fees Wednesday following the collapse of her sweeping 2020 election interference case, warning it could consume her office’s fiscal budget.

In a Wednesday filing in Fulton County Superior Court, Willis said her office “has no intention of allowing Fulton County taxpayers” to foot the bill for what she called “an absurd amount for such an absurd reason,” arguing that paying the requested sums could consume a “significant percentage (perhaps all)” of her office’s annual budget.