Trump's attempts to block Jan. 6 testimony from ex-aides denied by appeals court.

A federal appeals court in Washington rejected an emergency bid by former President Donald Trump to block several top aides from testifying in the special counsel investigation of his effort to subvert the 2020 election. The court denied Trump’s urgent demand to block his aides from being required to appear before special counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury. Trump recently lost a bid to prevent top allies like Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino and Stephen Miller from answering questions he says should be covered by executive privilege.