Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter

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Source: Washington Post

Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter

The seizure “chills speech, cripples reporting, and inflicts irreparable harm,” The Post says in statement.

January 21, 2026 at 12:10 p.m. EST
By Perry Stein

The Washington Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home last week, writing that the extraordinary search “flouts the First Amendment and ignores federal statutory safeguards for journalists."

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/21/washington-post-hannah-natanson-search-court-filing/