{"id":407161,"date":"2026-01-14T18:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407161\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:46:15","slug":"fbi-searches-washington-post-reporters-home-for-alleged-classified-information-newspaper-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/407161\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home for alleged classified information, newspaper says"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FBI conducted a search of a Washington Post reporter’s home Wednesday morning in search of alleged classified information, according to the newspaper<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The reporter, Hannah Natanson, was at her home in Virginia when FBI agents knocked on her door to execute the search warrant, the newspaper reported.<\/p>\n

Agents seized a phone, two laptop computers one of which was issued to her by the Washington Post and a Garmin watch, according to the paper.<\/p>\n

Investigators told Natanson that the warrant was part of an ongoing investigation into Aurelio Perez-Lugones, according to the newspaper. Perez-Lugones, whom an FBI affidavit describes as a government contractor, was charged in federal court in Maryland last week for alleged unlawful retention of national defense information, according to the affidavit. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Natanson was informed by investigators that she is not the focus of the probe, the newspaper said, adding that she “covers the federal workforce.”<\/p>\n

The FBI did not respond to an ABC News request for information about the search.\u00a0However, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post<\/a> Wednesday that the FBI “executed a search warrant of an individual at the Washington Post who was found to allegedly be obtaining and reporting classified, sensitive military information from a government contractor endangering our warfighters and compromising America’s national security. The alleged leaker was arrested this week and is in custody.”<\/p>\n

“[A]t the request of the Department of War, the Department of Justice and FBI executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post journalist who was obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor. The leaker is currently behind bars,” Attorney General Pam Bondi posted on X<\/a> Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

“I am proud to work alongside Secretary Hegseth on this effort. The Trump Administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security and the brave men and women who are serving our country,” Bondi’s statement continued.<\/p>\n

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