SCOTUS investigation fails to ID Roe v. Wade leaker

Washington DC - The Supreme Court released a report signaling their internal investigation has not been able to identify who leaked the court's draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade to Politico in May 2022.

The Supreme Court released a report saying they were unable to discover the person or persons who shared a draft of the Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with Politico.
The Supreme Court released a report saying they were unable to discover the person or persons who shared a draft of the Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade with Politico.  © STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP

In their eight-month investigation, Court Marshal Gail Curley and a team of investigators interviewed 97 court employees, per the report that was released on Thursday.

According to the 20-page report, all personnel signed sworn affidavits affirming that they weren't the source of the leak, nor did they know who was.

But some employees did admit they'd told their partners about the case's outcome and the court's vote.

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Forensic experts also investigated who had access, printed, and emailed drafts of the court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Per the report, there just isn't enough evidence at this time "to determine the identity of any individual who may have disclosed the document or how the draft opinion ended up with Politico."

In other words, the breaker of court secrecy is still a mystery.

SCOTUS investigation rules out hackers

The investigation, was able to rule out hacking and some liberal law clerks whose names had been floated on social media, as multiple media outlets reported.

The report also noted that increased remote work and gaps in the court's security policies "created an environment where it was too easy to remove sensitive information from the building and the court’s IT networks."

Unless new evidence arises, whoever leaked the Supreme Court's decision draft will probably remain incognito.

Cover photo: STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP

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