DOJ Opens Criminal Probe Into 2022 Roe Draft Leak After Court Failed to Find Source
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Updated · Fox News · Nov 5
DOJ Opens Criminal Probe Into 2022 Roe Draft Leak After Court Failed to Find Source
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Nov 5
Summary
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court draft opinion that previewed the end of Roe v. Wade.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office in Washington is leading the probe, according to multiple sources briefed on the matter, while the DOJ declined public comment.
Politico published the draft before the court issued its final 2022 ruling, triggering an extraordinary breach inquiry ordered by Chief Justice John Roberts.
That internal Supreme Court investigation ended without identifying who leaked the opinion, leaving the new federal probe to revisit a case that shook the court’s secrecy norms.