Trump: ‘Flipping’ to take a plea deal ‘almost ought to be illegal’
Donald Trump,Michael Cohen,Politics
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President Trump on Thursday suggested that the practice of cooperating with prosecutors as part of a plea agreement "ought to be illegal" after his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, said in a guilty plea that he violated campaign finance laws at Trump's direction.
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