WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court on Friday rejected US President Donald Trump’s bid to block the release of years of his financial records, inflicting the latest setback in his effort to stop House Democrats gathering evidence for their impeachment inquiry.

In a 2-1 ruling, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Trump’s argument that the House Oversight Committee lacked the authority to issue a subpoena to the president’s longtime accounting firm, Mazars.—AFP