Two Democratic lawmakers asked an ex-federal judge who reviewed the investigation into the leak of the Supreme Court's draft abortion opinion to provide them with more information about the role he played in the inquiry after it was reported he had financial ties to the court.
In a letter addressed to Michael Chertoff, a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Hank Johnson pointed to a CNN report that revealed Chertoff's risk assessment company was privately contracted by the court in recent years for security-related analysis along with his personal connection to some justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts.
In addition to previous financial ties to the high court, Chertoff had personal connections to the justices through his Ivy League education. Chertoff and Roberts served in successive years as law clerks on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.
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