Second judge maintains DOJ can’t search data seized from Washington Post reporter

The Justice Department will remain blocked from examining electronic devices seized from a Washington Post reporter, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Monday.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga marks the second time a court in the Eastern District of Virginia has rejected efforts by the Justice Department to sift through a phone, computers and other devices belonging to Post reporter Hannah Natanson. The FBI seized her belongings in January during an investigation of a government contractor accused of leaking classified material.

The Trump administration had appealed a previous ruling from a magistrate judge, who found that the court — not the Justice Department — should search the devices for information that may 

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