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President. he was disturbed with the interactions with the trump, comey believed he had it under control. anytime it was obstruction of justice, comey would do more than write a memo. when comey testifies next week, the source thinks it is possible comey could come to a different conclusion. the white house weighing executive privilege. the counselor to the president kellyanne conway, she expects comey to talk. >> we will watch when comey testifies. >> he will not invoke executive privilege? >> ...

Saying pro tip that if you want to invoke executive privilege, dont fire the person. it makes it a lot easier. >> exactly. comey doesnt work for the government anymore -- leland: and even if they invoke executive privilege, conceivably he could come out and hold a press conference or give an interview, im available. im sure you are as well. >> exactly. and there are people around him who can share information, and weve already seen that happen. weve seen people close to comb come out and tell re...

Second, comey doesnt work for the president anymore. if sean spicer says its under review, theyd have to run into federal court, get an injunction, temporary restraining order to basically get a judge to issue an order and say, jim comey, you may not speak. muzzling comey could backfire. first of all, it probably wouldnt work and politically it would be horrendous for the white house. >> ken dilanian, i think ken is with us. >> im here. >> nbcs national security reporter. i just turn to you, cal...

Reasons. one is a practical reason. mr. comey doesnt work for the federal government anymore. mr. trump cant tell him to do anything. normally the way it would work is this. if youre the president and im having a conversation with you in the oval office and then you later decide to assert executive privilege, you order me not to testify. i work for you. i follow your orders. we dont have that situation here. so thats the practical thing. but the second thing is what you just alluded to. the pres...

We had was a memo that supposedly was written by comey, that somebody seemingly besides comey then read over the phone to a reporter. so, we had a single source of something being read, written by somebody else. so, we got to see the memo. and will we be allowed to do it? comey doesnt work at the fbi any more. was this his own work product? was it fbi work product? theres all sorts of reasons we might not see it. for me, its everything -- >> its everything to me, too. >> its double hearsay. >> i...