Last month, as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth blocked the release of video that captured fatal U.S. strikes off the Venezuelan coast, the Washington Post editorial board dedicated an op-ed to praising another Trump Cabinet member, Attorney General Pam Bondi, for limiting her office’s consideration of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Bondi has chipped away at the doctrine with revised regulatory guidance this week, and other departments can follow her lead,” the paper wrote in its editorial, calling it “Pam Bondi’s welcome woke rollback.” This week, as President Donald Trump suggested the Civil Rights Act may have been a mistake, Bondi unapologetically executed a search warrant on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home.
“This past week, at 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,” Bondi wrote on X. “The leaker is currently behind bars. I am proud to work alongside Secretary Hegseth on this effort.” FBI Director Kash Patel also confirmed the search.
