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As democratic senator edward markey alluded to last night. >> if the president attempts to invoke executive privilege, that would just continue to raise the question of obstruction of justice which the very firing of jim comey has raised in the minds of the american people. >> reporter: and don't forget, executive privilege first became well known when it was used by nixon. now, several presidents have used it since, including former presidents barack obama and bill clinton, but the name, the phrase executive privilege has really become synonymous with watergate, and that is, of course, a comp...

And not answer any other questions because of the investigation. that would be a hit job on president trump, and i hope that hearing doesn't become a hit job on president trump. >> reporter: but if president trump does invoke executive privilege and does try to muzzle comey, well, that just looks bad. it looks like he's trying to hide something as democratic senator edward markey alluded to last night. >> the president attempts to invoke executive privilege, that would just continue to raise the question of obstruction of justice which the very firing of jim comey has raised in the minds of th...