# DOJ lawyer avoids bar action over Post reporter raid 2026-08-12T22:42:41+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A Virginia state bar has closed an ethics complaint against a veteran US prosecutor who sought a search warrant against a Washington Post reporter. Federal prosecutor Gordon Kromberg will not face discipline, the bar said in a July letter. Magistrate judge William Porter had criticised Kromberg in February for failing to disclose a federal law, the Privacy Protection Act, that limits searches of journalists. The bar’s dismissal letter gave no detailed reasoning. Press groups criticised the decision. Seth Stern of the Freedom of the Press Foundation called it a blow to press freedom, saying Kromberg’s omission might have prevented the January raid on reporter Hannah Natanson’s home. Kromberg’s lawyers argued the omission was routine. ## Coverage - livemint.com Tags: DOJ, Gordon Kromberg, press freedom, search warrant, Virginia State Bar Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/doj-lawyer-avoids-bar-action-over-post-reporter-raid/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/doj-lawyer-avoids-bar-action-over-post-reporter-raid/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.