U.S. appeals court grants Trump bid to block McGahn testimony to Congress

In a victory for President Donald Trump, a U.S. appeals court on Friday dismissed a Democratic-led congressional panel's lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena for testimony from former White House Counsel Donald McGahn. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit endorsed the Trump administration's argument that the court had no place in settling the high-stakes dispute between the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government.

In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel overturned a judge's November ruling that the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's April subpoena to McGahn was lawful.