Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., reacting to news reports of an unprecedented leaked draft opinion overruling two key abortion rights decisions, said he has directed the U.S. Supreme Court’s marshal to investigate the source of the leak.

Roberts, in an extraordinary statement on Tuesday, called the leak, first reported by Politico, “a singular and egregious breach” of trust “that is an affront to the court and the community of public servants who work here.”

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