#fbi-search

#fbi-search

Colleagues and journalists from other outlets united in support of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday hours after the FBI searched her Virginia home and seized several of her devices as part of an investigation into the alleged mishandling of classified information. Natanson was at home when agents arrived. According to the newspaper's reporting, federal officers examined her devices before seizing a phone, a Garmin watch, and two laptops one personal and one issued by her employer.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department would resume seizing reporters' phone records to find leakers. In April, Bondi rescinded former Attorney General Merrick Garland's policy restricting federal prosecutors from forcing journalists to reveal their sources. Zoom in: According to the Washington Post, Natanson was at her Virginia home when agents arrived. The FBI warrant said the search was part of an investigation into a Maryland system administrator accused of "accessing and taking home classified intelligence reports," per the affidavit cited by the Post.

A guest on NewsNation began her appearance by reminding viewers that she is currently a criminal defendant in an election fraud case. Christina Bobb, who was President Donald Trump's personal attorney, appeared on Friday's Cuomo to discuss the FBI's raid at the home of John Bolton earlier in the day. Bolton served as National Security Advisor in Trump's first term, but has since become one of the president's harshest conservative critics.