Says "flipping" cooperating witnesses "almost ought to be illegal" in Fox & Friends interview

In an exclusive Fox & Friends interview with Ainsley Earhardt days after Michael Cohen's guilty plea and Paul Manafort's conviction, Trump argued that the standard prosecutorial practice of cooperating witnesses "flipping" for reduced sentences "almost ought to be illegal." He asserted that cooperators "make up things" to obtain leniency, going "from 10 years" to being treated as "a national hero," and separately praised Manafort for not cooperating. Legal experts warned the president was publicly attacking a core law-enforcement tool and signaling to witnesses in his own orbit. Commentators read the remarks as an effort to delegitimize cooperation against him personally.

"It almost ought to be illegal. They make up things and now they go from 10 years to they are a national hero." Quote verified against source