DOJ launches criminal probe into Supreme Court leak that exposed ruling overturning Roe v Wade

Fox News and Daily Wire report that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into who leaked the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, reviving a mystery the court's own inquiry never solved. The New York Times first disclosed the probe. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's Washington office is running it, and grand jury subpoenas have gone out, though Fox News says it is unclear who received them. Fox News's sources say work began at least a year ago; Daily Wire says it has picked up speed lately and that prosecutor Carlton Davis is leading the team. Daily Wire notes it is unclear whether investigators have a suspect.

Daily Wire adds that the court's marshal, Gail Curley, interviewed 97 employees, yet a January 2023 finding could not name the leaker. Duke law professor Samuel Buell questions whether the Trump administration is creating precedent, and Cornell law professor Michael Dorf warns that a probe without a viable criminal basis could amount to executive harassment of the judiciary. Justice Samuel Alito told Fox News he has a suspicion but lacks enough evidence to name anyone.

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