“The president’s going to have a very, very busy day,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said. Attempting to invoke executive privilege to restrict Comey’s testimony was never seriously considered by Trump or his legal team, said one senior White House official. But, this official added, the White House liked floating the possibility as a distraction. He was scheduled to have dinner Tuesday night at the White House with Sens. The dinner had been long scheduled for the president to offer a debrief on his foreign trip, a senior White House official said.

Source: National Post June 07, 2017 13:18 UTC