Weeks after Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson wrote a first-person article about how she had become the paper’s “federal government whisperer” as she had received over a thousand tips from federal employees negatively impacted by the Trump administration, she suddenly had her phone and laptops seized by FBI agents.
The execution of a federal search warrant at Natanson’s home, which was part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified material, sparked across the board outrage from journalists and free press organizations on Wednesday.
