FBI searches Washington Post reporter's Virginia home

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Jan. 14, 2026, 9:57 a.m. ET


The FBI conducted a search warrant at a Washington Post reporter’s Virginia home on Jan. 14 as part of a probe into a system administrator suspected of illegally retaining classified documents, the news organization reported.

Hannah Natanson, who covers the federal government, was at home when the FBI searched the property and her devices, seizing a phone and Garmin watch, according to the news organization.

The FBI’s investigation centers on Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a government contractor with a top secret security clearance who has been accused of accessing and taking home classified intelligence reports, the Washington Post reported, citing an FBI affidavit.

The Washington Post is reviewing and monitoring the situation, the newspaper confirmed to USA TODAY.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/01/14/fbi-search-warrant-washington-post-reporter-home/88176541007/

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News site apps were blaring "breaking news" banners at me so I had to "obey".

[popsdenver]

1. I wish some historian

like Heather Cox Richardson????? would do a commentary, identifying a chronological list of the steps that Hitler took in establishing his dictatorship and compare it, step by step, item by item, to Trump's Republicans accomplishments to date....

I think it would be very enlightening, and something to present to the MAGAots........

[Marie Marie]

2. So. illegally retaining classified documents is a crime? Now? Hmmm - who knew?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. There's a special carve-out

for monarchs and dictators...

[Marie Marie]

4. Obviously...

[myohmy2]

5. so much...

...for a free press...

...Republicans must be beaming with joy...

...they're like that, you know...