WASHINGTON (WGN) — President Donald Trump took action Monday, targeting cities and states, including Illinois, that have eliminated cash bail.

Illinois became the first state to fully implement the Pretrial Fairness Act, which ended money bonds. President Donald Trump on Monday signed a series of executive orders aimed at further cracking down on crime, however, including one order targeting cashless bail policies.

Trump's move comes amid threats of pulled federal funding.

"They kill people and get out. Cashless bail. They thought it was discriminatory to make people put up money," Trump said Monday, putting pen to paper on the topic of cashless bail.

"We are starting by ending it in Washington, D.C., which we have the right to do through federalization."

The action calls on Attorney

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