ABC News reporter James Gordon Meek ‘resigned very abruptly’ following FBI raid of home

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ABC News reporter James Gordon Meek ‘resigned very abruptly’ following alleged FBI raid of home

Disney-owned network has not provided further information


ABC News investigate reporter James Gordon Meek (Twitter/James Gordon Meek)

Now-former ABC News investigative reporter James Gordon Meek abruptly resigned from the Disney-owned network following an FBI raid of his Arlington, Virginia, home and colleagues haven’t seen him since, according to a new report.

Tatiana Siegel’s story for Rolling Stone dove into the bizarre situation surrounding the Emmy Award-winning journalist.

"Multiple sources familiar with the matter say Meek was the target of an FBI raid at the Siena Park apartments, where he had been living on the top floor for more than a decade. An FBI representative told Rolling Stone its agents were present on the morning of April 27… The FBI cannot comment further due to an ongoing investigation," Siegel wrote. "Meek has been charged with no crime. But independent observers believe the raid is among the first — and quite possibly, the first — to be carried out on a journalist by the Biden administration."

ABC News told Rolling Stone that Meek "resigned very abruptly and hasn’t worked for us for months," while staffers told the magazine they "have no idea what happened to Meek."

ABC News declined to provide additional information when reached by Fox News Digital but confirmed Meek resigned abruptly.

"A federal magistrate judge in the Virginia Eastern District Court signed off on the search warrant the day before the raid. If the raid was for Meek’s records, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco would have had to give her blessing; a new policy enacted last year prohibits federal prosecutors from seizing journalists’ documents. Any exception requires the deputy AG’s approval," Siegel continued. "In the raid’s aftermath… Meek has made himself scarce."

Siegel reported that none of his neighbors who were willing to speak to Rolling Stone have spoken to him since the incident, and his apartment appears vacant.

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