The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Dobbs Roe v. Wade draft leak.
A draft of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked to Politico’s senior legal reporter Josh Gerstein in May 2022.
“The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.”
Justice Alito’s opinion is a “full-throated, unflinching repudiation,” Politico reported at the time of the leak.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito wrote. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
In 2023, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he knows who leaked the Dobbs draft to Politico.
“This made us targets of assassination,” Alito said of the draft leak to Politico.
The Supreme Court previously issued a report on the Dobbs draft leak.
The report says the leaker could not be found and that new protocols for drafts have been put in place.
97 Supreme Court staffers were interviewed and signed sworn affidavits under penalty of perjury denying being the Dobbs draft leaker.
Justice Alito said despite this report, he likely knows who the leaker is.
Alito said the leaker’s motive was to stop the Supreme Court from overturning Roe v. Wade.
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that the Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation into the Dobbs draft leak.
DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro is spearheading the investigation.
Prosecutors have issued grand jury subpoenas, according to The New York Times.
Breaking News: The Justice Department is actively pursuing a criminal investigation into who leaked the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn the right to abortion. https://t.co/UxnZIEWLmM
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 5, 2026
