Defend freedom of the press from the Trump regime!

Yesterday, CNN, AP News, ABC News, and PBS NewsHour all reported the same alarming story: the FBI searched the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson and seized her phone and laptops.

Natanson has not been charged with a crime. She was not the target of the investigation. Her home was searched because she is a journalist.

According to The Washington Post and AP, the raid was tied to a Pentagon leak investigation. Instead of focusing on the alleged leaker, the federal government went after a reporter’s work product. Press freedom groups cited by Axios and PBS warn that this kind of action has a chilling effect across the entire media landscape.

This did not come out of nowhere. As CNN and The Guardian note, the Trump administration rolled back long-standing Justice Department rules that protected journalists from searches and seizures. Those safeguards existed to prevent exactly this kind of intimidation. Their removal has opened the door to tactics more commonly associated with authoritarian regimes.

When reporters fear FBI raids, sources go silent. Investigations stall. Corruption goes unexposed. That’s not theory — it’s how press crackdowns work everywhere they happen.

A free press is not optional. It is the foundation of a functioning democracy.

Add your name now to defend press freedom and stop the criminalization of journalism.

Thanks,
Mary