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President Trump's Order Ends Cashless Bail; Why It May Not Happen
Trump's order targets jurisdictions with cashless bail policies, directing federal agencies to identify and potentially withhold funds from those not complying within 30 days.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending cashless bail in New York State, directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to list jurisdictions within 30 days and threatening federal fund suspension.
- This month, the administration is deploying more than 2,000 U.S. Army National Guard troops to the Capitol and federalizing policing in Washington, D.C., where Trump linked cashless bail to rising "big crime" and called Chicago a "killing field."
- Several academic and local reports show mixed results, for example, a 2022 Yolo County report found 70.6% rearrest among 595 released, John Jay College noted 41.3% pre- and 40.7% post-reform rates, and D.C. data showed fewer than 1% violent rearrests.
- Gov. Kathy Hochul responded that Trump's order wouldn't affect New York's bail reforms and warned cutting funds would undermine safety; civil-rights groups called it an overreach while some politicians praised it.
- The order fits a pattern of the Trump administration targeting state policies with funding threats, including Illinois, which abolished money bond statewide in September 2023 amid legal and political challenges.
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thevoice.usTrump threatens Illinois’ federal funding for eliminating cash bail
Executive order did not specify what funding would be withheld
Trump Targets Bail Reform in Latest Threat to New York’s Federal…
On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening to withhold federal funding from states and localities that have enacted “cashless bail policies.” The order instructs Attorney General Pam Bondi to compile a list of jurisdictions that have “substantially eliminated” their cash bail systems, which require criminal defendants who can’t afford court-imposed collateral to sit in jail while awaiting trial. The administration co…
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Hochul pushes back on Trump's cashless bail funding threat
(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing back on President Donald Trump's "reckless" push to do away with cashless bail, saying the move to withhold federal funding would undermine public safety.
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