Justice Department Pursuing Criminal Investigation into Dobbs Decision Leak

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Abortion-rights campaigners participate in a demonstration following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade decision, in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2022.

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The Department of Justice is pursuing a criminal investigation into the unauthorized release of the 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, a source familiar with the matter confirmed.

A draft opinion in was leaked to Politico and published two months before the Court issued its official ruling, setting off significant protests and heightening security threats for conservative justices.

Kamden Mulder

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Kamden Mulder

Kamden Mulder is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism. She is a graduate of Hillsdale College.

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