FBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home as part of an investigation into government contractor

The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter Wednesday as part of an investigation into a government contractor who has been accused of illegally retaining classified materials, The Washington Post confirmed.

The reporter, Hannah Natanson, was at her home in Virginia when the FBI arrived, the newspaper reported.

The contractor is Navy veteran Aurelio Perez-Lugones, who is a system administrator in Maryland and who has been charged with “unlawful retention of national defense information,” according to court records.

Perez-Lugones, a Miami-born U.S. citizen, made his first court appearance in the case last Friday, the records state.

According to the Post, Natanson covers the federal workforce. The criminal complaint against Perez-Lugones does not mention any ties to journalists.