Willis so far has declined to address the allegations publicly, saying through a spokeswoman that her office would respond “through appropriate court filings.”

Many of her Republican critics, however, were quick to weigh in. In Washington, the GOP-led House Judiciary Committee, which launched an investigation of the DA’s work in August, posted repeatedly on X that Willis couldn’t be trusted. On his social media platform Truth Social, Trump echoed several of the allegations from Roman’s filing and stated he was “SO PROUD TO BE SHOWING THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA HOW CORRUPT CROOKED JOE BIDEN, AND OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM IS!”

At the state Capitol, where lawmakers on Tuesday were converging for their second day of the legislative session, Republicans used the allegations to underscore their pitch for bolstering the state law governing the state’s newly formed Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission.

[I think it’s better to keep one’s powder dry on this until Michael Roman’s attorneys proffer their proof in court. Allegedly, one issue preventing them from revealing it openly is that some of it came from divorce filings in a case that has since been sealed, and Roman’s attorneys want that reversed first. Until we see the evidence, this is all still speculation — but the story here isn’t how Republicans are reacting, but whether the Fulton County DA is corrupt and grifting through her appointment of a special prosecutor in this RICO case. — Ed]