Trump Wins Court Ruling on Resisting Congressional Testimony
- Appeals court says it lacks jurisdiction to decide dispute
- Dissent says ruling assures ‘future Presidential stonewalling’
Don McGahn
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Donald Trump defeated Democrats’ effort to force former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify, in a court ruling that bolsters the president’s resistance to congressional oversight.
The federal appeals court’s ruling arrives too late to affect the impeachment process, which was resolved with Trump’s acquittal by the Senate earlier this month. But it could have an impact on other congressional probes -- a judge overseeing the House’s efforts to obtain Trump’s taxes scheduled a hearing for next week after having put that matter on hold awaiting a ruling on the McGahn case.