2026年2月9日 23:58 UTC / 路透社
作者：扬·沃尔夫
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2月9日（路透社）- 一家新闻自由组织敦促弗吉尼亚州律师执照管理机构对一名联邦检察官进行纪律处分，该检察官上月申请了搜查《华盛顿邮报》一名记者住所的搜查令。
自由新闻基金会在2月6日致弗吉尼亚州律师协会的信件中称，检察官戈登·D·克罗姆伯格在对一名记者住所进行搜查的泄密调查中，似乎未向批准搜查令的治安法官披露相关信息。
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投诉称，克罗姆伯格可能违反了职业道德规范，因为他没有告知法官《1980年隐私保护法》的相关规定——该法律限制对新闻报道材料的搜查。
投诉还称，克罗姆伯格”很可能明知适用法律，但故意选择不提及”，这违反了一项州职业道德规定，该规定要求律师向法官披露”与客户立场相悖的法律依据”。
“我们要求该机构采取适当的纪律处分措施，包括吊销律师执照，并加快纪律审查程序，因为如果允许非法搜查新闻编辑室和扣押记者工作成果的行为不受制约，将对第一修正案自由造成严重后果，”投诉中写道。
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美国司法部未立即回应置评请求。
这名记者是汉娜·纳坦森，她报道了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普解雇数十万名联邦雇员并将剩余雇员转移以执行其议程的竞选活动。
《华盛顿邮报》执行主编马特·默里在给员工的说明中称，联邦调查局特工搜查了纳坦森的住所并没收了她的电子设备。他表示，她和该报并非调查目标，此次调查与一名被指控非法留存机密材料的政府承包商有关。
根据刑事投诉，检察官指控承包商奥雷利奥·佩雷斯-卢戈内斯截取了机密情报报告的截图并打印了这些文件。
根据联邦调查局的宣誓书，调查人员还在佩雷斯-卢戈内斯的汽车午餐盒和地下室中发现了标有”机密”字样的文件。
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“特朗普政府不会容忍非法泄露机密信息，这些信息一旦被报道，将对我国国家安全构成严重风险，”美国司法部长邦迪1月份在X平台（原推特）上表示。
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US DOJ lawyer hit with bar complaint over search of reporter’s home
February 9, 2026 11:58 PM UTC / Reuters
By Jan Wolfe
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Feb 9 (Reuters) – A press freedom organization has urged Virginia’s attorney licensing body to discipline a federal prosecutor who applied for a warrant last month to search the home of a Washington Post reporter.
In a February 6 letter to the Virginia State Bar, Freedom of the Press Foundation said prosecutor Gordon D. Kromberg appeared to have withheld information from the magistrate judge who approved the warrant as part of a leak investigation.
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The complaint asserted that Kromberg likely violated ethics rules by not informing the judge of the Privacy Protection Act of 1980, a law that limits searches for reporting materials.
The complaint alleged that Kromberg was likely “well aware of applicable law, but deliberately chose not to mention it,” violating a state ethics rule mandating that lawyers disclose to judges legal authorities “adverse to the position of the client.”
“We request that this office take appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including disbarment, and that it expedite disciplinary proceedings due to the dire consequences for First Amendment freedoms if illegal newsroom raids and seizures of journalists’ work product are allowed to go unchecked,” the complaint stated.
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The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, has covered U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign to fire hundreds of thousands of federal workers and shift remaining workers to implementing his agenda.
In a note to staff, Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray said FBI agents searched Natanson’s home and seized her electronic devices. He said she and the paper are not a target of the probe, which is linked to a government contractor accused of illegally retaining classified materials.
Prosecutors allege the contractor, Aurelio Perez-Lugones, took screenshots of classified intelligence reports and printed those documents, according to a criminal complaint.
Investigators also found documents marked “secret” in a lunchbox in Perez-Lugones’ car and in his basement, according to an FBI affidavit.
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“The Trump Administration will not tolerate illegal leaks of classified information that, when reported, pose a grave risk to our Nation’s national security,” U.S. Attorney General Bondi said on X in January.
Reporting by Jan Wolfe; Editing by Amy Stevens and Diane Craft
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