The Marshal for the US Supreme Court, Gail Curley, released a four-sentence statement Friday to address concerns that the report her office released did not state investigators interviewed the nine Supreme Court Justices or their spouses in the course of the eight-month probe. Unfortunately, her statement leaves a lot to be desired: while she says all justices cooperated fully, she does not say they interviewed the Justices’ spouses–including the infamously loose-lipped Ginny Thomas, who is also implicated in the planning of the January 6th coup attempt. Nor, she says, did the Justices themselves sign sworn affidavits because, she says, no one implicated the Justices and no leads led to the Justices, she says.
It should be pointed out at this moment that the Marshal of the Supreme Court is not an investigatory position; its stated duties include overseeing the operation of the Court building and making sure witnesses and attorneys appearing before the Court are on time. Unlike the Secret Service or the Capitol Police, both of which have protective and investigatory units, the duties of the Marshal end at the Courthouse doors and do not include criminal investigations. It is not, as some conservatives have characterized it, part of the US Marshal Service.