"In mid-January, federal agents served a search warrant to Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson, conducting a raid on her home and confiscating her electronic devices, including her cellphone and laptop computers. Natanson was informed that she was not the subject of the inquiry itself, but that investigators were looking for information relating to a government contractor named Aurelio Perez-Lugones, who had been charged with "unlawful retention of national defense information.""
"The Freedom of the Press Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting press rights outlined in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, has filed a formal complaint seeking disciplinary action against a federal prosecutor following a highly unusual raid of a journalist's home last month. In mid-January, federal agents served a search warrant to Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson, conducting a raid on her home and confiscating her electronic devices, including her cellphone and laptop computers."
The Freedom of the Press Foundation filed a formal complaint seeking disciplinary action against a federal prosecutor after a rare raid on a journalist's home. In mid-January, federal agents served a search warrant at Washington Post journalist Hannah Natanson's home and seized her cellphone and laptops. Investigators told Natanson she was not the target of the inquiry but were seeking information related to government contractor Aurelio Perez-Lugones, charged with unlawful retention of national defense information. Perez-Lugones reportedly has no ties to journalists, and authorities have not alleged that he shared classified documents with reporters. Press freedom groups criticized the search as highly unorthodox and potentially implicating First Amendment limits.
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