Overview

• One order targets Washington, D.C., directing law enforcement to prioritize federal custody and to pursue federal charges where possible to avoid local cashless release.
• A separate order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to compile within 30 days a list of jurisdictions with cashless-bail policies and to identify federal funds that could be suspended or terminated.
• The White House said federal funding and government-backed approvals for D.C. could be reconsidered if the city maintains its cashless-bail system.
• Local data cited by critics challenge the public-safety rationale, including a D.C. report finding fewer than 1% of defendants released pretrial on violent charges were rearrested for a violent or dangerous crime.
• The moves extend a broader federal push in the capital that has included arming National Guard troops and asserting control over policing, and Trump also signed a separate order to review flag-desecration cases for possible prosecution under other laws.