The reporter who broke the story about a majority draft opinion signaling the Supreme Court is ready to overturn abortion rights enshrined in this country ever since the landmark Roe v Wade case appeared within minutes on TV to discuss the unprecedented leak Monday night.

Josh Gerstein, a senior legal affairs reporter for Politico, said he was confident in his sourcing and the authenticity of the document for the report he shared a byline with national security reporter Alexander Ward.

“We’re very confident in the authenticity of this draft majority opinion, both in the way that we obtained, it and other information that we got that supports its authenticity, and makes us believe it is genuine,” Gerstein told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. “It is not a final opinion, it was a draft opinion, circulated in the court as a first draft by Justice Alito.”

The draft opinion says it was circulated on Feb. 10. The report noted “it is possible there has been changes since then, but it is our best understanding of where the court stood at that time, which is about two and a half months after arguments in this pivotal Mississippi abortion case.”

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