TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey may be at risk of losing federal funds after President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order aimed at cutting off support for states and localities that maintain cashless bail policies, citing public safety concerns and repeat offender cases.

The executive order, titled Preventing Federal Support for Senseless Cashless Bail, was signed Monday and directs the U.S. Attorney General to identify states and jurisdictions with cashless bail systems. It further instructs federal agencies to evaluate and potentially suspend or terminate funding streams directed toward those areas.

New Jersey, which implemented cashless bail reform statewide in 2017, is now under scrutiny as part of the new federal directive. The policy, designed to reduce pretrial incarceration

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