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President Trump signed an executive order targeting cashless bail policies.
The order threatens to withhold federal funding from jurisdictions that have eliminated cash bail.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday, Aug. 25, which targets cashless bail policies, threatening to pull federal funding from jurisdictions that have eliminated cash bail.
The White House website also published an article on Aug. 25 titled "'Cashless Bail' Is a Government-Backed Crime Spree." The article denounced cashless bail and listed a number of cases in which individuals were released without bail.
"The Radical Left’s fantasy of so-called “cashless bail” has turned the streets of America’s cities into hunting grounds for repeat criminals who mock our justice system