Overview

• One directive ends cashless bail in Washington by urging federal custody and prosecutions for D.C. arrestees whenever possible.
• A separate order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to list jurisdictions with cashless-bail policies and identify federal grants or approvals that could be suspended or terminated.
• The White House frames cashless bail as a public-safety risk, a claim challenged by local data that show fewer than 1% of D.C. defendants released pretrial on violent charges were rearrested for violent or dangerous crimes.
• Officials and advocates in D.C. and other areas criticized the orders as federal overreach, signaling expected court challenges and potential legislative battles as allies float bills to codify the policy.
• Trump also signed a flag-desecration order instructing the Justice Department to pursue prosecutions and related litigation, a move that collides with Supreme Court precedent protecting flag burning as speech.