The FBI conducted a search warrant at a Washington Post reporter’s Virginia home on Jan. 14 as part of a probe into a system administrator suspected of illegally retaining classified documents, the news organization reported.
Hannah Natanson, who covers the federal government, was at home when the FBI searched the property and her devices, seizing a phone and Garmin watch, according to the news organization.
The FBI’s investigation centers on Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a government contractor with a top secret security clearance who has been accused of accessing and taking home classified intelligence reports, the Washington Post reported, citing an FBI affidavit.
The Washington Post is reviewing and monitoring the situation, the newspaper confirmed to USA TODAY.
Natanson received a Peabody Award in 2024 for coverage of gun violence in schools and was part of a group of reporters who won a Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for reporting on the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, according to Natanson’s profile on the newspaper's website.
