The FBI executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post reporter this week as part of an investigation into a federal employee who is suspected of mishandling classified information, Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Historically in Espionage Act investigations into leaks of classified information, the department has pursued the leakers, but not the journalists who receive the classified information. The Washington Post said that federal agents searched her home and her devices, seizing her phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch. A Justice Department official told CBS News that the Washington Post reporter had been communicating with Perez-Lugones. "This is about the unauthorized disclosure of classified information, and we will hold him accountable for his extremely serious crimes.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2026 01:39 UTC