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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? >> the president will make that decision. >> reporter: comey doesn't work for the government. some say ...

Saying pro tip that if you want to invoke executive privilege, don't fire the person. it makes it a lot easier. >> exactly. comey doesn't 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, i'm available. i'm sure you are as well. >> exactly. and there are people around him who can share information, and we've already seen that happen. we've seen people close to comb come out and tell reporters what happened between the president and comey. allegations that the president asked fo...

Second, comey doesn't work for the president anymore. if sean spicer says it's under review, they'd 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 wouldn't work and politically it would be horrendous for the white house. >> ken dilanian, i think ken is with us. >> i'm here. >> nbc's national security reporter. i just turn to you, call you in the middle of the day. >> appears. >> you appear. magic of tv. >> happy to do it. >> ...

Reasons. one is a practical reason. mr. comey doesn't work for the federal government anymore. mr. trump can't tell him to do anything. normally the way it would work is this. if you're the president and i'm 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 don't have that situation here. so that's the practical thing. but the second thing is what you just alluded to. the president -- it's going to be a lot harder for him to assert his executive privilege if he's alrea...

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 doesn't work at the fbi any more. was this his own work product? was it fbi work product? there's all sorts of reasons we might not see it. for me, it's everything -- >> it's everything to me, too. >> it's double hearsay. >> it's everything to me, too. it's gotten so crazy to the point the president calls him a nut josh...