The president plans to sign an executive order threatening to revoke federal funding from local and state governments that allow cashless bail.
The news comes from fact sheets describing the executive orders, which the White House provided to NBC News.
A White House official also told the Associated Press of the president’s plans, though the official requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter before a public announcement later Monday morning.
Trump has been escalating his focus on public safety, particularly in Democratic cities such as Washington, where he’s deployed National Guard troops and federal agents over the objections of local officials. Trump has said that he’s targeting Chicago next.
Watch live: Pritzker to speak on Trump’s National Guard threat“We will solve Chicago within one week -maybe less, but within one week, we will have no crime in Chicago, just like we have no crime in DC,” Trump told reporters Monday. “Chicago’s a disaster and the governor of Illinois should say, ‘President, will you do us the honor of cleaning up our city? We need help.’ They need help. They need help.”
He gave no indication on timing of search measures, saying only, “We may wait – we may or we may not. We may just go in and do it, which is probably what we should do.”
Trump took aim at the “no cash bail” policy while decrying Chicago crime earlier this month, vowing to end the controversial law he called a “disaster.”
The law has faced plenty of scrutiny in Illinois, with dozens of states attorneys filing suit against it before their efforts were shut down by an Illinois Supreme Court ruling.
“We’re going to change the statute,” Trump said. “I spoke with [Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche] and everybody. We’re going to change the statute, and I’m going to have to get the Republicans to vote, because the Democrats are weak on crime — totally weak on crime.”
What is no cash bail and the SAFE-T Act?
Emerging after the Minneapolis police beating death of George Floyd in May 2020, Illinois’ SAFE-T Act sets rigorous new training standards for law enforcement, spells out rules for police use of force in immobilizing troublesome suspects, requires body cameras on all police and more.
Among the changes it brought was the elimination of monetary bail.
Under the bill, the state allows judges to determine whether individuals accused of a specific set of felonies and violent misdemeanors pose a risk to another individual, or to the community at large. Judges will also be asked to determine whether the defendant poses a flight risk if released.
If the judge makes any of those determinations, then the defendant may be held in jail prior to trial.
According to Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart, “Judges will decide whether someone is detained or not detained awaiting trial.”
According to the Cook County Public Defender’s office, “people accused of many misdemeanors will be released from police custody and given a court date in the future.” Those accused of “more significant offenses,” however, will appear in court within 48 hours for their initial appearance.
The list of crimes a judge must decide on includes things like first and second-degree murder, predatory criminal sexual assault, robbery, burglary, aggravated arson, kidnapping, aggravated battery resulting in great bodily harm, hate crimes, animal torture, DUI causing great bodily harm and more.
Detention hearings are not mandatory for crimes that result in probation as a punishment, but judges can still make the determination to keep those defendants incarcerated pending trial if they determine they are a risk to the public.
What does the executive order do?
In D.C., the executive order directs the administration to take certain actions if the city does not change its cashless bail policy, including “federal funding decisions, services, or approvals,” according to the fact sheet. Attorney General Pam Bondi, too, could get involved, though the fact sheet did not detail what actions she might take.
His latest order on D.C., first reported by Axios, will also ask law enforcement officials to work to ensure that people arrested in the city are taken into federal custody “to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law,” according to a copy of the fact sheet obtained by NBC News.
Meanwhile, the executive order aimed at other cities across the nation will direct the administration to find federal funds that could be “suspended or terminated” in jurisdictions that have cashless bail policies, the fact sheet said.
It’s not clear if Trump plans to target Chicago for the policy, but the elimination of cash bail is actually part of Illinois state law, put in place under the SAFE-T Act in 2023.
It was not immediately clear how such an order could impact Illinois law.
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