[NYPOST] Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito revealed Friday that he has a "pretty good idea" of the identity of the person behind the leak of his draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade last year.
Alito, who wrote for the majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, told the Wall Street Journal that the unprecedented breach "created an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust" inside the nation’s highest court.
"We worked through it, and last year we got our work done. This year, I think, we’re trying to get back to normal operations as much as we can ... But it was damaging," Alito said of the unauthorized release of his draft opinion to Politico in May 2022, more than a month before the final Dobbs ruling came down.
An investigation into the leak was ordered by Chief Justice John Roberts, but the marshal of the Supreme Court, Gail Curley, said in January she had been unable to definitively determine the leaker’s identity.
"I personally have a pretty good idea who is responsible, but that’s different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody," Alito told the Journal.
Despite Curley’s failure to finger the culprit, the justice told the Journal that she "did a good job with the resources that were available to her."
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