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    DOJ Demands Files On Anti-Trump Activists, And A Web Hosting Company Resists

    Legal experts called the government's demand for information unusually broad. DreamHost says the warrant would require it to hand over logs of 1.3 million visits to its customer's website.
    by Laurel Wamsley Aug 15, 2017 5 minutes
    The Department of Justice has issued a warrant for a web hosting company to turn over all records related to the website of #DisruptJ20, a group that organized actions to disrupt President Trump's inauguration in January. / JEWEL SAMAD / Getty Images

    At the intersection where protections against unreasonable search and seizure meet the rights to free speech and association, there's now a web hosting company called DreamHost.

    The California-based company is resisting a Department of Justice warrant that demands it hand over all files related to DisruptJ20.org, a website created by one of its customers to plan and announce actions intended to disrupt President Trump's inauguration.

    After Inauguration Day protests in Washington, D.C. turned violent, 230 people were arrested and charged with felony rioting.

    In gathering evidence for the nearly 200 still-open cases in D.C. court, the Justice Department issued a warrant that DreamHost says is so broad it would require handing over the logs of 1.3 million visits to the website.

    The company the warrant "a highly untargeted demand

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