FBI Searches Home of Washington Post Reporter, Seizes Devices
A court warrant ties the search to a separate probe of a Maryland IT administrator accused of stealing intelligence reports.
Overview
- Investigators told Hanna Natanson she is not a subject of the investigation, according to the Washington Post.
- The warrant links the action to Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a systems administrator in Maryland accused of removing classified intelligence reports later found in his lunchbox.
- Agents collected a smartphone, personal and work laptops, and a smartwatch during the search of the Virginia residence.
- Natanson has spent the past year reporting on federal workforce reductions and interviewing former officials who discussed disclosures.
- The New York Times first reported the search, and the Washington Post later detailed the warrant’s connection to the separate case.