Federal prosecutors are pushing to overturn a magistrate judge's decision, seeking to directly search Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's seized phone and laptops. The Department of Justice aims to obtain information relevant to an ongoing leak investigation.

Federal agents seized a phone, two laptops, a recorder, a portable hard drive and a Garmin watch in a search of reporter Hannah Natanson’s home last month.

The Justice Department said it plans to appeal a judge’s decision that blocked the government from searching Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s electronic devices.

Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson is at the center of an FBI raid, an incident that has led a US judge to raise concerns regarding press freedom.