The Department of Justice is seeking personal information on visitors to an anti-Trump website connected to destructive Inauguration Day protests, sparking a court fight with the hosting service which says the request violates privacy protections. More than 200 people were charged after protesters broke windows and set fire to a limousine on Trump's Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. Prosecutors say the website disruptj20.org was used for planning the disturbances. DreamHost, however, says the warrant seeking information on the 1.3 million visitors to the site and other information is "sweeping" and violates the Constitution and a federal privacy law. The government argues that the “website was used in the development, planning, advertisement, and organization of a violent riot that occurred in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2017.”A Friday hearing is scheduled.

Source: Fox News August 15, 2017 18:33 UTC