Trump signs orders aimed at ending cashless bail, flag burning [View all]

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President Donald Trump moved on two issues important to his conservative base on Monday, signing executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail across the country and pushing courts to reconsider the legality of burning the American flag. Under cashless bail, a judge can decide to release people accused of crimes before trial without paying money.

One order from Trump directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify federal funds that could be suspended or eliminated in states and local jurisdictions with cashless bail policies. He and his administration sees such policies as overly lenient; others view them as central to preventing discrimination in the criminal justice system based on wealth.

Trump instructed specific focus on D.C., where his administration is exerting unprecedented federal control. His order told law enforcement officials to pursue pretrial detention whenever possible and withhold money and federal services if the city continues to allow defendants to be released without posting bail.

The U.S. does not have a single bail system. A patchwork of state laws and local court rules regulate who is eligible for pretrial release and when. The District, for example, has prohibited cash bonds for decades and releases some defendants without requiring any future promise of financial payment.

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