Congress Wins Court Fight to Subpoena White House Officials (3)

House Democrats scored a significant and potentially far-reaching appeals court victory over the Trump administration and its expansive view of presidential power in a fight over testimony of former White House counsel Donald McGahn.

The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington on Friday affirmed that Congress can sue to enforce subpoenas of senior White House officials, including McGahn, a witness to several instances of potential presidential obstruction of justice investigated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The court rejected the administration’s arguments that Congress lacked legal standing to sue and that the judiciary had no authority to resolve a ...