A Georgia judge has denied Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s attempt to intervene in an effort by President Donald Trump and his former codefendants to recover nearly $17 million in legal fees following the collapse of her election interference case.

Trump’s Georgia defense attorney Steve Sadow confirmed the ruling in a statement, saying Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee rejected Willis’s motion to participate in the reimbursement dispute because she was disqualified from the case.