The Supreme Court said Thursday that it cannot identify the person who in the spring leaked a draft of the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, an inconclusive likely finale to what the justices declared “one of the worst breaches of trust” in the court’s history.Curley said more than 80 people besides the nine justices had access to the draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and a total of 97 individuals were interviewed as part of the leak investigation — some more than once.“It was a grave assault on the judicial process.” The justices added: “It is essential that we deliberate with one another candidly and in confidence … It is no exaggeration to say that the integrity of judicial proceedings depends on the inviolability of internal deliberations.” The mention of “protest” raised the question of whether the leak came from someone on the left unhappy with the abortion decision.“The marshal’s leak report does not even consider the possibility that the leak was by a justice,” said Daniel Epps, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis and a former Supreme Court clerk.To the extent that additional investigation yields new evidence or leads, the investigators will pursue them.” In making the report public on Thursday, the court said it had consulted with Michael Chertoff, a former homeland security secretary and federal judge, to assess Curley’s investigation."