Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Has Good Idea Who SCOTUS Leaker

United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has publicly stated he has a “good idea” who the Supreme Court leaker is.

Back in May of 2022 the draft of the opinion that ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade was leaked.

Alito has stated he does who who does it but lacks the “burden of proof” that would be needed to prosecute someone.

The Supreme Court justice would go on to say that the leaker made the Supreme Court justices “targets of assassination.”

BREAKING REPORT: Justice Alito Says HE KNOWS WHO LEAKED DOBB DRAFT of SCOTUS ruling on Abortion – ‘Made Us Targets of Assassination’…

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NEW: Justice Alito Believes He Knows the Identity of SCOTUS Leaker, Says Motive Was 'Assassination' https://t.co/GIJLl9IL9l

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Check out what Trending Politics reported:

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he has a “pretty good idea” who leaked the court’s draft opinion on a ruling that would overturn Roe V. Wade, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal. While Alito did indicate that he knows who was responsible, he added that is “different from the level of proof that is needed to name somebody.”

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The leak — which was published by Politico on May 2, 2022 — ultimately led to months-long protests outside the homes of Supreme Court justices. In one instance, an armed man was arrested after telling law enforcement that he had travelled to Virginia to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

On Friday, Alito told the Wall Street Journal that the goal of the leak was to prevent the ruling and intimidate the court. “”It was a part of an effort to prevent the…from becoming the decision of the court. And that’s how it was used for those six weeks by people on the outside—as part of the campaign to try to intimidate the court.” Alito said.

The longtime conservative justice went on to strongly reject the notion that the opinion was leaked by a conservative judge, calling it “infuriating.”

“Look, this made us targets of assassination,” Alito went on to say. “Would I do that to myself? Would the five of us have done that to ourselves? It’s quite implausible.”

Justice Samuel Alito says he has a “pretty good idea” who leaked a draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson. Suggesting that it was someone who opposed the opinion and wanted to pressure the justices not to go forward with the overturning of Roe v. Wade.https://t.co/mExLJkUM0V

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Supreme Court Justice Alito says he has a 'pretty good idea' on who leaked Dobbs draft decision.
Alito said the leak was part of an effort to intimidate the court. https://t.co/tQMXpNGQ2n #FoxNews

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) April 28, 2023

Per Fox News:

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he has a “pretty good idea” on who leaked a draft version of a ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade.

Alito made the comments in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published Friday, stating that while he knows who likely leaked the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization draft decision, it’s not enough for the court to name someone.

The draft decision, published by Politico on May 2, 2022, eventually overturned Roe v. Wade.

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“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 said.

Alito said that the leak was an effort to intimidate justices on the court.