Two years after Illinois became the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail, the Trump administration is threatening to revoke federal funding from local and state governments that allow cashless bail.

“As president, I will require commonsense policies that protect Americans’ safety and well-being by incarcerating individuals who are known threats,” President Donald Trump said in an executive order he signed Monday. “It is therefore the policy of my administration that federal policies and resources should not be used to support jurisdictions with cashless bail policies, to the maximum extent permitted by law.”

The executive order directs U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to submit a list of states and local jurisdictions that have, in the attorney general’s opinion, “substant

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