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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aims to eliminate cashless bail for suspects arrested in Washington, D.C., and a separate order focusing on ending the policy nationwide.

Fox News confirmed earlier Monday that Trump was ordering the end of cash bail policies nationwide by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions across the country.

“We are at a point where Washington is booming again,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office before signing the orders. “People are pouring in like we haven’t seen for years.”

Trump said that over the past 11 days, since his plan to make D.C. safer took effect, there have been zero murders, while authorities have “arrested a total of well over a thousand people” and “

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