The release came after Inner City Press requested that Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is presiding over the trial, disclose the deposition and other evidence to the public.
"It gnaws at me that, by lending my association, I helped his reputation, and thus delayed justice for his survivors," Hoffman said. "While I relied on MIT’s endorsement, ultimately I made the mistake."
The Judiciary Committee is investigating the politicization of federal law enforcement agencies and the intimidation of Supreme Court justices by radical left-wing groups, following the leak of a draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization in May 2022, with the Chairman Jim Jordan writing to the Director of the U.S. Marshals Service to request documents and information relating to the matter.
“These threats are magnified with respect to Members of the Supreme Court, given the higher profile of the matters they address. Recent episodes confirm that such dangers are not merely hypothetical," all nine justices wrote.