Alan Dershowitz, Harvard law professor emeritus, told Newsmax on Monday that President Donald Trump will ultimately have to settle the dispute in the executive branch spurred by Elon Musk’s latest memo to the federal workforce.

Trump on Monday backed Musk’s memo demanding that federal employees list 5 recent accomplishments or risk getting fired, despite the FBI and Director of National Intelligence heads telling their employees not to respond. Others were told that replying was voluntary.

“The president ultimately has to decide this. He’s the head of the executive branch,” Dershowitz said on “The Record With Greta Van Susteren.” “And if he has a conflict between Elon Musk, who is not technically employed by the government, and the head of the FBI, who obviously is technically employed by the government, the head of the executive has to make the decision.”

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