Judge issues temporary order after paper had sought return of Hannah Natanson’s devices taken in ‘outrageous seizure’
A US judge temporarily blocked federal prosecutors on Wednesday from reviewing material seized when the FBI raided a Washington Post reporter’s home.
Hours earlier, the Post asked a federal court in Virginia to force the US government to return electronics belonging to Hannah Natanson.
US magistrate judge William Porter directed prosecutors not to examine any information seized at least until early February, when he has scheduled a hearing on the request.
This ruling would preserve the status quo, Porter said, until the Department of Justice has an opportunity to respond to the Post’s request.
