Former President Donald Trump can proceed with a lawsuit against his niece Mary Trump for providing information to the New York Times for its 2018 investigative report on his taxes, a judge ruled.

New York state court Justice Robert Reed rejected Mary Trump’s argument that her uncle’s lawsuit violated a state law against frivolous litigation “aimed at chilling freedom of speech and the press.”

Reed earlier dismissed Trump’s claims against the New York Times and ordered the former president to pay the newspaper’s legal fees and costs, saying the award-winning story was protected by the First Amendment.