Gorsuch: No timeline yet on probe into leaked SCOTUS opinion, says such efforts 'threat' to courts

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch says the committee investigating the leaking of the Supreme Court draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization has yet to issue a report and that he has no timeline for its release.

"The chief justice appointed an internal committee to oversee the investigation," Gorsuch said Thursday at a judicial conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado, according to the Wall Street Journal. "That committee has been busy and we're looking forward to their report, I hope soon."

Gorsuch didn't provide any other details, such as whether the report will be made available to the public.

The draft opinion for the Dobbs ruling – which effectively overturned Roe v. Wade – was leaked by Politico on May 2. It was the first time that a draft opinion was made public during the court's deliberations on the case.

"Improper efforts to influence judicial decision making, from whatever side, are a threat" to the judicial process, Gorsuch said. "They inhibit our capacity to communicate with one another," which reduces candor between the justices of different persuasions that "improves our final products."

"I very much hope we get to the bottom of this sooner or later," he added.