Trump signs executive order to eliminate cashless bail in Washington

Donald Trump on Monday signed two executive orders aimed at eliminating cashless bail for people accused of crimes in Washington DC and other jurisdictions, an escalation in his efforts to take control of law enforcement in the capital city and beyond, Report informs via The Guardian.

The executive orders direct Washington and other localities to end their cashless bail programs, which allow people charged with crimes to leave jail while they await trial without paying what can be large sums of money. The order says that the federal government will reconsider funding decisions, services, or approvals if Washington does not comply.

One order also instructs the attorney general, Pam Bondi, to identify jurisdictions across the US that have cashless bail policies and revokes federal funds and grants that go to those jurisdictions, according to the White House.

“They kill people and they get out,” Trump said about cashless bail in the Oval Office when he announced the order. “We’re ending it, but we’re starting by ending it in DC, and that we have the right to do through federalization,” he added.

President Trump signed a third executive order Monday to ban flag-burning, according to New York Post..

"If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail — no early exits, no nothing," Trump said while signing the order.

"And you will see flag-burning stopping immediately."

The Department of Justice will be tapped to probe incidents of flag-burning.