How could you think it doesn’t apply?” Magistrate Judge William Porter asked a DOJ lawyer during a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia. “I find it hard to be that in any way this law did not apply,” Porter added later. “I find it hard to be that in any way this law did not apply,” Porter added later. CNN has previously reported that the Post reporter, Natanson, is not under investigation. After Natanson and the Post sued in an effort to get the devices back, Porter temporarily blocked investigators from examining them.

Source: CNN February 21, 2026 05:16 UTC