Article in Chicago Defender by Konstantin Zhukov, 1/14/26
Headline: “Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy”
“The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticism and dissent.
“In its story about the search at Hannah Natanson’s home, at which FBI agents said they were searching for materials related to a federal government employee, Washington Post reporter Perry Stein wrote that ‘[it is highly unusual and aggressive for law enforcement to conduct a search on a reporter’s home.’. . .”
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