We've been treated to the constant sight of masked Antifa protesters. Cities routinely have anti-masking laws that date back to the Klan era. Yet Antifa thugs have been allowed to get away with it.
But now the DOJ is pulling back the mask.
The target of the DOJ investigation was Disrupt J20, a group working to sabotage Trump's inaguration. Dreamhost, in a last ditch effort, tried to go public with what had been a quiet government effort. The judge didn't buy it, but as a result leftists have been alerted that the DOJ is breathing down their necks. (That's why some investigations have to be pursued quietly without letting the targets know about it.)
The judge didn't allow the IP address bid, but everything else is on the table.
A judge in DC handed federal prosecutors a win Thursday in their ongoing fight over data connected to a website used to organize Inauguration Day protests against the Trump administration.
Although web-hosting provider Dreamhost is not required to turn over millions of IP addresses for mere visitors who clicked on the disruptj20.org website, Chief Judge Robert Morin of the DC Superior Court largely granted prosecutors' request to collect a wide-ranging set of records from the company, which will now include emails for users who signed up for an account associated with the website, organizers' membership lists and emails of third parties who sent messages to disruptj20.org account users, among other information.
If you want to grab a chunk of this network, this is a really good place to start.
Raymond O. Aghaian, a lawyer for Dreamhost, argued that the judge's safeguards do not go far enough and signaled that the company may appeal Morin's ruling, saying website users may face "irreparable harm" if Dreamhost complies with the ruling.
The question is whether Dreamhost will keep fighting it.