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Can the U.S. Government Seize an Anti-Trump Website's Visitor Logs?

The Department of Justice is seeking the 1.3 million IP addresses that accessed a website advertising Inauguration Day protests.
Source: Adrees Latif / Reuters

Suppose you were to click on this link: This one, right here.

It will take you to the website of Disrupt J20, which organized some of the “direct action” protests on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington, D.C. The site contains general information about civil disobedience and political protests, and it advertises several Washington-specific events.

Some of the protests on Inauguration Day turned violent, and the U.S. government has since with felony rioting or destruction of property in connection to events on January 20. It alleges that some

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