A Florida circuit judge on Monday denied the Pulitzer Board’s request to pause a defamation lawsuit from Donald Trump until the president is out of office.

A Florida circuit judge on Monday denied a request by the Pulitzer Prize board to pause a defamation lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump, clearing the way for the case to proceed despite his return to the White House.

A judge ruled in favor of President Trump after the Pulitzer Prize board members requested a temporary stay in his defamation lawsuit against them, which was denied.

A Florida judge Monday denied the Pulitzer Prize Board’s request to pause President Trump’s defamation lawsuit while he is in the White House, an argument that Trump’s lawyers have made in other cases.