President Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday ending cashless bail by threatening to cut federal funding to jurisdictions that refuse to comply, The Post has learned.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is preparing a list of affected areas, which could include states like New York, cities such as Washington, D.C., and other localities with lenient bail policies.
“Cashless bail policies allow dangerous individuals to immediately return to the streets and further endanger law-abiding, hard-working Americans because they know our laws will not be enforced,” a White House memo said.
Arresting repeat offenders for new crimes after they’ve already been freed without bail is a “waste of public resources and obvious threat to public safety,” the memo also noted.
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro reacted to the news on Fox & Friends Monday morning, saying, cashless bail is when ‘all of the problems started’ with crime spikes in the U.S.
Watch the clip below:
"GET THE VIOLENT CRIMINALS OFF THE STREET." @USAttyPirro reacts as President Trump prepares to sign an executive order ending cashless bail and threatening to cut federal funding to cities that don’t comply. | @JudgeJeanine pic.twitter.com/sr4YRJuWUE
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) August 25, 2025
From The New York Post:
On Aug. 11, the president called on Congress to tighten laws around cashless bail so criminals would not be cut loose without posting a cash bond before their trial.
The executive action also makes good on Trump’s campaign promise to “crack down on the left-wing jurisdictions that refuse to prosecute dangerous criminals and set loose violent felons on cashless bail.”
That effort began in earnest with the president’s mobilization of the National Guard in DC earlier this month, surging federal resources to assist local law enforcement in arresting suspects and seizing drugsin the nation’s capital.
Some state governments have reformed bail laws in favor of supervised pretrial release out of concern that posting cash disproportionately impacts poorer populations.
Illinois was the first to eliminate cash bail, followed by New Jersey, and New Mexico has already eliminated cash bail, though most states still have some form of bond in place for those charged with crimes.
More over at The New York Post:
Trump to sign executive order ending cashless bail, threatens to revoke federal funding in lax jurisdictions: ‘Obvious threat to public safety’ https://t.co/EaLrYMvNoh pic.twitter.com/MQRRfxqsDK
— New York Post (@nypost) August 25, 2025
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