Overview

• Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. attorneys are instructed to prioritize cases and review past incidents for alternative charges such as disorderly conduct or environmental violations.
• At the signing, Trump said offenders would receive a year in prison without early release, though the order itself contains no sentencing provisions.
• Provisions authorize revoking visas or residency and halting naturalization for foreign nationals who desecrate the U.S. flag.
• The order creates a specialized D.C. National Guard unit and expands training so Guard forces can be deployed for public-order missions nationwide.
• Civil-liberties groups, including the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, immediately denounced the directive as an attack on free expression.