U.S. President Donald Trump holds a copy of a U.S. appeals court ruling as he departs for travel to North Carolina from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by Democratic lawmakers that accused Donald Trump of violating anti-corruption provisions in the U.S. Constitution with his business dealings, capping a week of political victories for the Republican president.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the more than 210 House of Representatives and Senate Democrats lacked the required legal standing to bring the case, reversing a lower court judge's decision that had allowed the case to proceed.
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