FBI searches home of Washington Post reporter in classified documents probe, newspaper says
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents searched a Washington Post reporter’s home on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of taking home government secrets, the newspaper reported.
The FBI searched journalist Hannah Natanson’s devices and seized a phone and a Garmin watch at her Virginia home, the Post said. Natanson covers the Trump administration’s transformation of the federal government and recently published a piece describing how she gained hundreds of new sources, leading a colleague to call her “the federal government whisperer.”
While classified documents investigations aren’t unusual, the search of a reporter’s home marks an escalation in the government’s efforts to crack down on leaks.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the search was done at the request of the Pentagon.
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