Hack who frequently gets paid by the Supreme Court confirms that they made every effort to find the real leaker

Michael Chertoff did not find any fault with an investigation that failed to take more than a cursory look at some of the most obvious suspects for the same reason Ronald Zellman would not uncover any corruption at the Newark Esplanade:

The Supreme Court did not disclose its longstanding financial ties with former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff even as it touted him as an expert who independently validated its investigation into who leaked the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

The court’s inquiry, released last week with Chertoff’s endorsement, failed to identify who was responsible for the unprecedented leak. The decision to keep the relationship with Chertoff quiet is a reflection of a pattern of opacity at the nation’s highest court, whose rulings affect every American.

CNN has learned from sources familiar with the arrangements that the court in recent years has privately contracted with The Chertoff Group for security assessments, some broadly covering justices’ safety and some specifically related to Covid-19 protocols at the court itself.

The estimated payments to Chertoff’s risk assessment firm, for consultations that extended over several months and involved a review of the justices’ homes, reached at least $1 million. The exact amount of money paid could not be determined. Supreme Court contracts are not covered by federal public disclosure rules and elude tracking on public databases.

You can ask Sam Alito for his cellphone, you can keep getting lucrative barely-work jobs from the Supreme Court, but you sure can’t do both.