Trump signs executive orders to eliminate no-cash bail for suspects in DC and nationwide
The move targets progressive criminal justice reforms that Trump calls central to crime problems in major cities
By Stephen Sorace , Patrick Ward Fox News
Published August 25, 2025 8:53am EDT | Updated August 25, 2025 11:14am EDT
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that aims to eliminate cashless bail for suspects arrested in Washington, D.C., and a separate order focusing on ending the policy nationwide.
Fox News confirmed earlier Monday that Trump was ordering the end of cash bail policies nationwide by threatening to revoke federal funding for jurisdictions across the country.
"We are at a point where Washington is booming again," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office before signing the orders. "People are pouring in like we haven't seen for years."
Trump said that over the past 11 days, since his plan to make D.C. safer took effect, there have been zero murders, while authorities have "arrested a total of well over a thousand people" and "took hundreds of guns away from young kids that were throwing them around like it was candy."
He added that "scores of illegal aliens" were also apprehended.
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