Washington Post demands government return electronics seized in raid of reporter’s home
The paper says ‘outrageous seizure’ of Hannah Natanson’s devices threatens press freedomThe Washington Post has asked a federal court in Virginia to force the US government to return materials belonging to reporter Hannah Natanson, whose apartment was raided last week.Natanson, who has...
<p>The paper says ‘outrageous seizure’ of Hannah Natanson’s devices threatens press freedom</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/washington-post">Washington Post</a> has asked a federal court in Virginia to force the US government to return materials belonging to reporter Hannah Natanson, whose apartment was raided last week.</p><p>Natanson, who has closely reported on the ways in which the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> has reshaped the federal government, had two laptops, two phones, a Garmin watch and other devices seized as part of an investigation into a government contractor’s alleged retention of classified materials, an action that press freedom groups decried as highly unusual and wildly inappropriate.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/21/washington-post-reporter-fbi-search">Continue reading...</a>
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