A judge has rejected an attempt by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to have a case dismissed on the grounds that it was a “vindictive” prosecution. The ruling means the legal proceedings will continue, although the supplied article text does not provide the court’s reasoning or the underlying allegations.

The headline links the case to the Trump administration, suggesting the SPLC argued that the prosecution was improperly motivated. No further details, dates, charges, evidence or procedural context are available because access to the article was denied.