Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,A federal judge on Aug. 7 rejected the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) bid to dismiss charges brought by the Justice Department, saying the nonprofit failed to show that the prosecution against it was vindictive. The department indicted the SPLC in April on 11 counts of wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The organization was accused of defrauding donors by funneling millions of dollars to informants who infiltrated white supremacist and hate groups that it publicly opposed. “Our Republic recognizes different venues to vindicate different wrongs; federal courts are not the proper forum for airing political grievances. The nonprofit said in a May 26 motion that the prosecution was “driven by the White House and FBI leadership’s retribution campaign.”