by Ben Whedon
Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito indicated this week that he believed he knew who leaked the Dobbs v. Jackson draft decision that overturned the constitutional right to obtain an abortion.
“I do have an opinion, but the evidence available at this time is not strong enough for the court or for me to say this is the person who was responsible,” he said in an interview with Fox News.
The draft decision was leaked ahead of the official ruling, prompting protests outside the homes of the court’s conservative justices and an assassination attempt on Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
“I never dreamed that the draft of the opinion would be leaked. That was totally unprecedented in the history of the country. It was a grave breach of the trust that everybody who worked in this building had before that point,” Alito said.
The Supreme Court investigated the leak and released its findings, but the Court was unable to identify the person who leaked it.
“During the course of the investigation, I spoke with each of the Justices, several on multiple occasions,” Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley said in a statement, according to ABC News. “The Justices actively cooperated in this iterative process, asking questions and answering mine. I followed up on all credible leads, none of which implicated the Justices or their spouses. On this basis, I did not believe that it was necessary to ask the Justices to sign sworn affidavits.”
During the investigation, over 100 people were interviewed.
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Ben Whedon is a reporter for Just the News. Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
