Former President Donald Trump is demanding that the journalists who published a leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v Wade be jailed.
Last May, Politico published a draft of the leaked SCOTUS opinion written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case signaling that the court was poised to overturn the landmark abortion ruling.
Chief Justice John Roberts ordered an investigation to determine the source of the leak shortly after. On Thursday, the court indicated that they were unable to find who leaked the draft opinion.
Trump appeared disappointed by the news and lashed out on his social media platform, Truth Social.
“The Supreme Court has just announced it is not able to find out, even with the help of our ‘crack’ FBI, who the leaker was on the R v Wade scandal,” Trump wrote. “They’ll never find out, & it’s important that they do. So, go to the reporter & ask him/her who it was. If not given the answer, put whoever in jail until the answer is given. You might add the publisher and editor to the list. Stop playing games, this leaking cannot be allowed to happen. It won’t take long before the name of this slime is revealed!”
“Arrest the reporter, publisher, editor – you’ll get your answer fast,” Trump added. “Stop playing games and wasting time!”
Supreme Court ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. At least 13 states have passed laws restricting abortion since then.
