ABC News Reporter James Gordon Meek Missing Since FBI Mysteriously Raided His Virginia Home

James Gordon Meek, an investigative reporter and producer of the acclaimed Hulu documentary "3212 Un-Redacted," has gone missing since the FBI raided his Virginia home.

According to New York Post, heavily armed federal agents raided his penthouse apartment in Arlington on April 27 and seized classified information from his laptop.

This journalist, who was the source of several high-profile national security and terrorism reports and had earned an Emmy Award, has not been seen since. Sources said that the federal agents found Meek's laptop containing classified information.

But his lawyer, Eugene Gorokhov, noted that Meek does not know what these anonymous sources are saying about him having secret documents.

"If such documents exist, as claimed, this would be within the scope of his long career as an investigative journalist covering government wrongdoing," the attorney told Rolling Stone.

No one knows why the federal government set its sights on Meek. The Hulu documentary was based on his groundbreaking report in 2017 about how the Pentagon tried to hide the deaths of American service members in Niger.

"Press inquiries on this issue are troubling for a different reason: they appear to be based on statements from a source inside the government," Gorokhov told the outlet.

He also said it is very wrong and against the law for government officials to tell other people about investigations that are still going on.

Where Is ABC News Reporter James Gordon Meek?

James Gordon Meek "abruptly" resigned, an ABC News spokesman told the Daily Mail. However, he did not provide additional details of his departure.

They said he resigned very abruptly and "hasn't worked for us for months." The Department of Justice is not confirming an investigation into Meek.

Meek also reportedly withdrew from the book he was co-writing with retired Green Beret Lt. Col. Scott Mann, roughly the same time the FBI raided his house.

Mann was the only author named in the book when it was published in August. A previous description of the book mentioned Meek being contacted by a Special Forces operator overseas.

Now, his name was not even mentioned in the book's promotional text. Instead, it said: "In April, an urgent call was placed from a Special Forces operator serving overseas."

ABC News Reporter James Gordon Meek and Scott Mann Book

Journalist Tatiana Siegel of Rolling Stone said that after James Gordon Meek "went AWOL," Hulu stopped promoting the documentary "3212 Un-Redacted," which was based on his research.

Simon & Schuster also stopped using his credentials to promote the book he worked on. According to Siegel, none of Meek's neighbors have spoken to him since the raid, and his apartment appeared vacant.

Mann told Rolling Stone he honored Meek's request to withdraw. According to Fox, Mann told Rolling Stone that Meek contacted him in the spring, telling him that he had some serious personal issues going on and was really distraught.

According to the report, both "the Obama and Trump administrations were criticized for targeting journalists and their sources." But in July 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland put in place a new rule that stops federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists when they are looking into leaks.

There are some exceptions, such as if reporters are thought to be working for agents of a foreign power or terrorist groups or if they are in situations where they are in immediate danger, like kidnappings or crimes against children.

Meek's last public statement was a tweet on April 27, writing the word "Facts" as he reacted to a post about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Written by: Bert Hoover

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