FBI will reopen investigation into Dobbs leak

Live Action News ^ | may 29 2025 | Bridget Sielicki

[Morgana]

The FBI has announced that it is reopening an investigation into the 2022 leak of the draft decision in the Supreme Court ruling Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

In May 2022, Politico published the leaked draft decision of the Dobb’s case, indicating that the Supreme Court justices had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade – more than a month before the decision was officially announced.

The “unprecedented” leak resulted in a wave of pro-abortion protests, threats, and acts of vandalism against Supreme Court justices and pro-life organizations.

The FBI is reopening its investigation into the leak, after previous investigations yielded no results.

THE DETAILS:

On Monday, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced on X that he and FBI Director Kash Patel would be reopening several cases that occurred under the Biden administration, including the leak of the Dobbs case.

“Shortly after swearing in, the Director and I evaluated a number of cases of potential public corruption that, understandably, have garnered public interest,” Bongino wrote. “We made the decision to either re-open, or push additional resources and investigative attention, to these cases. These cases are the DC pipe bombing investigation, the cocaine discovery at the prior administration’s White House, and the leak of the Supreme Court Dobbs case.”

THE BACK STORY:

In May 2022, Politico published the leaked draft decision of the Dobbs case, indicating that the Supreme Court justices had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade – more than a month before the decision was officially announced. This resulted in a wave of pro-abortion protests outside the homes of the SCOTUS justices, with pro-abortion terrorist groups even threatening the children of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Elsewhere, pro-life centers encountered threats, vandalism, and even firebombing as the nation awaited the final decision in Dobbs.

In October 2022, Justice Samuel Alito spoke of the seriousness of the unprecedented leak, explaining that it put the lives of the Supreme Court justices at risk.

“The leak… made those of us who were thought to be in the majority in support of overruling Roe and Casey targets for assassination, because it gave people a rational reason to think they could prevent that from happening by killing one of us,” he explained.

At the time, Chief Justice John Roberts called the leak a “singular and egregious breach of [] trust.” Although he ordered an investigation to determine who leaked the draft document to Politico, it yielded no results.

THE BOTTOM LINE:

James A. Gagliano, a retired FBI supervisory special agent, explained to The Washington Post that it is vital for the FBI to get to the bottom of the Dobbs leak and that it is not unusual for law enforcement to review unresolved cases or reallocate resources.

“The FBI can walk and chew gum at the same time,” he said. “Just because resources shift does not mean other threats will go unaddressed.”

He added, “If nobody is held to account for the Dobbs leak, it is going to happen again.”

[Bullish]

Why can’t they find out who had their itchy fingers on the autopen? Let’s see if these pardons are legit or not.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Why can’t they find out who had their itchy fingers on the autopen? Let’s see if these pardons are legit or not.

Just charge everyone in the Jobama WH staff with massive fraud and creating false documents and whatever else applies.

Some of the weaker RATs will out the real-guilty RATs.

[Revel]

Step one is for the FBI to tell everyone at the USSC that if they lie to the FBI about what they know then they will be charged with obstruction. That includes the justices.

[KC_Conspirator]

Only when people are punished by jail time and financial losses will any of this crap stop.

[SteveH]

threaten to polygraph them all and then notice which ones immediately begin to bolt for the nearest exit.

[Palio di Siena]

They know who leaked.
This is retaliatory- it’s either the 2 digit IQ negress or Roberts.

[VanShuyten]

It’s not clear to me what about this leak - the leak itself, not the later acts against others - is illegal, so the DoJ could get involved. Is it some kind of a violation of privacy, simple theft of government documents, or are Supreme Court documents classified in some way?

[JohnnyP]

Ray Epps. NOT Dobbs.

[Alberta's Child]

This sounds like political grandstanding, but I’d love to see what comes of it.

The FBI looked into it in 2022 and didn’t give a hoot about it because it was clear that no crime had been committed. There was no hacking or unauthorized access to Supreme Court files. The information was leaked to the media by someone working on the staff of the SC or one of the justices.

I want to see this play out because the end result may be the humiliation of Chief Justice Roberts — who would be forced to publicly acknowledge that his court is completely politicized.

[dennisw]

One or more of the Supreme Court law clerks leaked this. And not necessarily the clerk(s) of a liberal Justice. Done to set off America’s pro-abortion yahoos, to exert pressure on the SC Justices.

[vivenne]

It is illegal to leak. This was discussed when it happened. The leader should have been fired and disbarred.

[maddog55]

Should be fairly easy. Just need to ask Robert’s or read the original investigation. They know but never released the Justice that did it.

Same as the WH cocaine BS. They just won’t say Hunter.

[The Sentient Sheep]

We all know it was Kagen and Sotomayer.

[trebb]

Whoever it was, basically SWAT-ed SCOTUS - and Schumer showed up to add his own threats....

[Ann Archy]

Don’t forget the INSIPID Black woman and Roberts!!

[SunkenCiv]

• JUST IN: James Comey SLAMS Dan Bongino and Kash Patel for reopening and increasing investigations into the Biden White House cocaine, J6 pipe bomber, and the Supreme Court Dobbs leak [05/28/2025]
• Joe Biden Wanted to Use Federal Lands for Abortions After Dobbs [03/07/2025]
• No Evidence! Joe Scarborough Accuses Justice Alito of Leaking Dobbs Draft [05/17/2024]
• Justice Samuel Alito: I Have a "Pretty Good Idea" Who Leaked The Dobbs Opinion [04/30/2023]
• Justice Alito Has 'Good Idea' Of Who Leaked Dobbs Opinion; Suggests Motive Was Assassination [04/29/2023]
• Alito: Trust me, the Dobbs leaker wasn't a conservative [04/28/2023]
• Supreme Court Justice Alito says he has a 'pretty good idea' on who leaked Dobbs draft decision [04/28/2023]
• Supreme Court investigation fails to identify leaker of Dobbs draft decision [01/19/2023]
• Since Dobbs Decision Leak, Violence Against Pro-Lifers Was Over 22 Times That Against Pro-Choicers [11/07/2022]
• Kavanaugh assassin is transgender. [07/29/2022]
• At NATO Summit, Biden Trashes SCOTUS, Says Dobbs Is 'Destabilizing' the World [07/01/2022]
• Amanpour Urges Swedish Prime Minister to Denounce Dobbs Ruling [06/30/2022]
• Unpacking Justice Alito's Soundly Constitutional and Philosophically Coherent Dobbs Opinion [06/30/2022]
• S.E. Cupp on Dobbs Decision: 'Hard to Imagine the Republican Party Surviving This' [06/28/2022]
• [Jim] Jordan: SCOTUS Dobbs Decision a 'Victory over the Intimidation Tactics of the Left' [06/27/2022]
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (vows to defy Court) [06/25/2022]
• 'Into the Streets!': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Chants SCOTUS Dobbs Ruling Is 'Illegitimate' [06/24/2022]
• Maxine Waters on Dobbs Ruling: 'The Hell with the Supreme Court, We Will Defy Them' [06/24/2022]
• U.S. braces for violence against conservatives, pro-life groups with Supreme Court's abortion ruling [06/23/2022]
• Department of Homeland Security is Warning Catholic Churches and Pregnancy Centers to be Prepared for "Night of Rage" by Pro-Abortion Terrorist Groups [06/23/2022]
• Jane's Revenge Plans Roe v. Wade Reveal 'Night of Rage,' 'Carrying that Anger Out into the World Expressing it Physically' [06/19/2022]
• Chief Justice Roberts should lead by releasing the Dobbs decision [06/15/2022]
• Today Is the Day that Jane's Revenge Warned Us About [06/10/2022]
• AOC hypes her effort to block SCOTUS security bill after Brett Kavanaugh threat [06/10/2022]
• Protesters have now descended upon the home of Justice Amy Coney Barrett [06/09/2022]
• Shameless Nicolle Wallace Blacks Out Coverage of Kavanaugh Assassination Attempt [06/09/2022]
• Nolte: Hours After Kavanaugh Threat, Biden Predicts 'Mini Revolution' If Roe Overturned [06/09/2022]
• How Newsworthy Is the Foiling of a Midnight Assassination Attempt on Justice Kavanaugh? It Depends . . . [06/09/2022]
• Democrats Block Bill Providing Additional Security for Supreme Court Justices [06/09/2022]
• Search for Supreme Court leaker falls to former Army colonel [05/24/2022]
• Is Protesting at the homes of Supreme Court justices legal? 18 U.S. Code § 1507 vs Amendment I [05/10/2022]
• Pro-abortion protesters march to homes of Justices Kavanaugh and Roberts in 'vigil' for Roe v. Wade [05/07/2022]
• Ex-AG Barr Says Special Counsel May Need To Probe Leak Of Abortion Ruling [05/05/2022]
• Meet Elizabeth Deutsch. She's currently a law clerk for Justice Breyer. And, in my humble opinion, she's the most likely person to have leaked the draft Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs, purporting to overturn Roe v. Wade. [05/04/2022]
• Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer takes aim at former colleagues in stunning slam [03/19/2024]
• Lee: SCOTUS should 'immediately' release final Dobbs v. Jackson opinion [05/03/2022]
• Rumors that Sotomayor's clerk is behind the leak [05/03/2022]
• Chief Justice Roberts says leaked abortion opinion is authentic but not final, opens investigation [05/03/2022]
• CNN's Toobin: SCOTUS Leak a 'Shattering Experience,' 'Don't Know How or if the Institution Is Going to Recover' [05/03/2022]
• Whodunnit? (Speculating on how the apparent Dobbs first draft from Feb. 10, 2022 was leaked) [05/03/2022]
• Supreme Court Barricaded After Bombshell Abortion Leak, Leftists Start to Call for Rash Action [05/03/2022]
• Hollywood Celebrities Explode over Leaked Decision Previewing Roe v. Wade Overturned: 'Those ********"**** Really Did It' [05/03/2022]
• Supreme Court 'Draft' Decision on Roe v. Wade LEAKED -- Fingers Quickly Point at Potential Culprit [05/02/2022]
• Watch Live: Outside SCOTUS as Nation Learns of Alleged Draft Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade [05/02/2022]
• Leaked Draft Supreme Court Opinion Overturns Roe v. Wade, Politico Reports [05/02/2022]
• JUST IN - U.S. Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe vs. Wade, an initial draft majority opinion by Justice Alito shows. [05/02/2022]
• Not a Wise Latina: Justice Sotomayor 'paraded her scientific ignorance' in questioning during oral arguments on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health [12/08/2021]
• 3 Pro-Life, Pro-Constitution Truths From Clarence Thomas In The Supreme Court's Dobbs Hearing [12/01/2021]

[T.B. Yoits]

Each Supreme Court justice has at least one handler embedded in the office to oversee the investment of those who bought the Supreme Court justice.

Who did the handler direct to leak the files?

[Flint]

Wonder if this is an effort to change out one of the SC justices for one that actually reads and understands the Constitution?

[cpdiii]

I suspect a Supreme Court Staffer of a Liberal justice did it under instructions of that justice.