Trump Records Must Be Given to the House, Appeals Court Says (6)

President Donald Trump, under siege from House Democrats weighing impeachment, suffered a stinging blow as a federal appeals court upheld a subpoena ordering his accountants to provide Congress with his financial records.

The ruling, by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, means Trump will lose control of his long-secret tax and other business papers at Mazars USA LLP unless the full court reconsiders the decision or the U.S. Supreme Court blocks it.

In their 2-1 decision, the judges rejected arguments made by lawyers for the president that the House Oversight and Reform Committee had no ...