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   “The subpoena claimed that the information it requested would be used
   at the trial of the jailed journalist. However, the identities of, and
   the amounts donated by, the journalist’s supporters are completely
   irrelevant to the charges levied against the journalist,” the group
   says in its filing. Indeed, no such information was presented at trial.
   The real purpose was to “unlawfully surveil the donors in violation of
   the First Amendment,” the suit says.
   “Learning that these records were sought and obtained was highly
   unsettling,” said Kevin Gallagher, Free Barrett Brown’s former director
   said in a statement. “If we don’t send a message to the government that
   it’s not okay to target private legal defense efforts, then they will
   continue to get away with these sort of things.”
   “The donations were acts of political expression, showing the donors’
   frustrations with what they perceived to be government bullying and
   prosecutorial overreach,” the lawsuit said. “Donations made in support
   of litigation are protected by the First Amendment. The donors violated
   no law by sending money to support Mr. Brown’s legal defense, and
   instead were exercising their constitutionally protected rights.”
   In full:
   [1]https://theintercept.com/2017/02/07/barrett-brown-defense-fund-accus
   es-justice-department-of-illegally-surveilling-its-donors/

References

   1. https://theintercept.com/2017/02/07/barrett-brown-defense-fund-accuses-justice-department-of-illegally-surveilling-its-donors/