Kansas prosecutor withdraws search warrants used in controversial newspaper raid after owner's death

The district attorney of Marion County, Kansas, has withdrawn search warrants that may have violated the First Amendment rights of a small town newspaper.

"I've been told that none of the devices were accessed, but as Ronald Reagan famously said, trust but verify," Rhodes told Fox News Digital. Michael Ruiz is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to michael.ruiz@fox.com and on Twitter: @mikerreports

To that end, he said a forensic investigator would examine the equipment to make sure no files were accessed unlawfully and to check for other tampering.