"Today's ruling is a fundamental and resounding victory for Congressional oversight, our Constitutional system of checks and balances, and the rule of law," Chairman of House Committee on Oversight and Reform Elijah Cummings said in a statement Friday.
"For far too long, the president has placed his personal interests over the interests of the American people," the Maryland Democrat added.
Mazars USA said it would respect the legal process and fully comply with its legal obligations.
On April 22, Trump filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against Mazars USA and Cummings, claiming that an investigation into his past personal dealings is beyond the job of Congress.
"There is no possible legislation at the end of this tunnel," Trump's attorneys wrote in a brief at the time. "The Oversight Committee is instead assuming the powers of the Department of Justice, investigating (dubious and partisan) allegations of illegal conduct by private individuals."
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled against Trump on May 20, arguing in a 41-page opinion that it is "simply not fathomable that a Constitution that grants Congress the power to remove a president for reasons including criminal behavior would deny Congress the power to investigate him for unlawful conduct -- past or present -- even without formally opening an impeachment inquiry."
In a separate case, Trump tried in a Sept. 19 lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to block a subpoena issued in August by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance -- a Democrat -- requesting the president's eight years of personal and corporate tax returns data, as well as other financial documents.
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