WASHINGTON — Rep. Elise M. Stefanik is planning to write a bill that would restrict states’ rights to set their own bail laws, announcing her move in the New York Post shortly after President Donald J. Trump told reporters he wants to put a bill through Congress addressing bail reforms undertaken in New York, Washington, D.C., and Illinois.

Trump announced on Monday that he was temporarily taking over the Washington, D.C., metro police, and deploying the U.S. National Guard to the city to crack down on what he’s characterized as an “out of control crime problem.”

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