In an article posted to the outlet's website Wednesday, the news organization reported they had filed to compel the government to return the items, which included a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch.
The filing argued the search “flouts the First Amendment and ignores federal statutory safeguards for journalists,” and noted that "irreparable harm" had been done.
FBI agents searched the home of reporter Hannah Natanson last week as part of a leak investigation involving a Pentagon contractor accused of mishandling classified national defense information, according to the Justice Department (DOJ).
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