Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. directed the Marshal of the Court to investigate the source of the leak of the draft opinion.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by official Supreme Court press release and corroborated by multiple major independent news outlets (Reuters, NYT, AP) reporting on the same primary source. [tier=silver indep_score=0.7 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on Supreme Court's own press release of May 3, 2022 (upstreams: Supreme Court of the United States official press release) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=attributed eligibility=high]
Sources
- Press Releases - pr_05-03-22 (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-confirms-authenticity-leaked-draft-opinion-overturning-2022-05-03/ (corroboration)
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/us/politics/supreme-court-abortion-leak.html (corroboration)