Supreme Court Probe Fails to Identify Who Leaked Roe Opinion

  • Eight-month probe by court marshal unable to pinpoint culprit
  • Leaked draft involved case that overturned abortion rights

The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.

Photographer: Craig Hudson/Bloomberg
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The US Supreme Court said it had failed to identify the culprit after an eight-month investigation into last year’s unprecedented leak of its opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion.

The court said in a statement Thursday that the investigative team “has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence.”