president trump's former attorney, john dowd, tolded "associated press" that mueller's prosecutors broached the subject during a meeting with trump's legal team. the "washington post" was first to describe the tense meeting that took place on march 5, in which trump lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators, according to four people familiar with the encounter. but mueller responded that he had another option, if trump declined, he could issue a subpoena for the president to appear before a grand jury. trump's then-attorney john dowd replied, this isn't some game. >> he actually should be telling that or he should have been telling that to his client. he said that according to two people with knowledge of his comments, you are screwing with the work of the president of the united states. dowd quit trump's legal team two and a half weeks later. reportedly over disagreements on strategy. and interview negotiations with