scandal gamed out how the president might answer questions posed by the special counsel s offices in an interview. this is from the washington post which obtained an advance copy of woodward s book and published an article about it today. quote, john dowd was convinced that president trump would commit perjury if he talked on to special counsel robert s. mueller. on january 27th, the president s then personal attorney staged a practice session to try to make his point. in the white house residents dow peppered trump with questions about the russia investigation provoking stumbles, contradictions and lies until the president eventually lost his cool. now, fast forward six weeks or so, and according to bob woodward, at least according to the washington post s account of woodward s new book, on march 5th, john dowd and jay sekulow met with the special counsel himself and with him mueller s deputy james quarrels. there upon dowd and sekulow