What criminal charges has Donald Trump faced related to his time in office?
Executive summary
Donald J. Trump was the subject of four separate criminal prosecutions after his first term: a New York state case that produced a 2024 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records (related to hush‑money payments) and three other major criminal matters — a federal classified‑documents indictment, a federal election‑interference indictment in Washington, D.C., and a Georgia state election‑interference racketeering case — many of which were later dismissed, paused or dropped after his 2024 election victory (sources include Reuters, AP, Ballotpedia and BBC) [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. The New York “hush‑money” prosecution: conviction, sentence and appeal
Manhattan prosecutors charged Trump with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records tied to payments to Stormy Daniels; he was tried in 2024, convicted on all 34 counts, and later sentenced to an unconditional discharge in January 2025 while pursuing an appeal [5] [6] [7]. Reuters and court docket reporting note the judgment of guilt remained on the record even though judges imposed no jail time or fine in the discharge [1] [8].
2. The federal classified‑documents case in Florida
Special counsel investigators brought federal charges accusing Trump of illegally retaining classified documents at Mar‑a‑Lago and obstructing federal efforts to recover them; that matter resulted in a federal indictment in mid‑2023 and remained part of the four major criminal actions cited by reporting [2] [1]. Available sources do not provide a final disposition for the Florida case in the materials supplied here [7] [9].
3. The federal Jan. 6 / election‑interference case in D.C.
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Trump in August 2023 over efforts to overturn the 2020 election; prosecutors charged theories including conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing an official proceeding. The revised D.C. indictment focused its core counts on Trump’s conduct as a candidate rather than official acts after a Supreme Court immunity ruling [3] [4]. The case was one of the four cited across outlets as a major criminal proceeding involving Trump [2] [3].
4. The Georgia racketeering/election‑interference prosecution: dropped
Georgia prosecutors originally charged Trump and other allies in a broad racketeering case tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 state result. That state investigation was seen as among the most serious because state convictions are not subject to presidential pardon; the Georgia case was dismissed in November 2025 after a new prosecutor declined to pursue charges, ending the last remaining criminal case against the president as reported by AP, The New York Times and The Washington Post [2] [10] [11].
5. How the Supreme Court immunity ruling shaped these prosecutions
A Supreme Court decision in July 2024 granted presidents broad immunity for official acts and limited use of evidence of official behavior in related prosecutions; courts and prosecutors adjusted indictments and litigation strategies to account for that ruling, notably affecting the D.C. and New York matters and prompting legal debates about what qualified as “official” versus private conduct [4] [12]. Reuters and other sources show the immunity ruling produced new legal questions and motions in the New York and federal election cases [12] [7].
6. Counts and totals: how many criminal charges across the cases
Reporting and compilations show that across the four criminal proceedings Trump faced dozens of counts — Ballotpedia and the New York Times cite “more than 80 criminal counts” across the cases, while recounting that 34 counts were the basis of the Manhattan conviction [13] [3]. Sources differ on evolving totals as charges were dismissed or modified; Ballotpedia summarizes counts across the indictments as they stood in its timeline [3].
7. Outcomes, limitations and competing interpretations
Outcomes were mixed: the Manhattan case produced a conviction and later unconditional discharge (with appeal pending), the Georgia case was ultimately dropped, and at least two federal matters saw pauses, dismissals or pending litigation as courts grappled with immunity and prosecutorial policy about charging sitting presidents [1] [2] [7]. News outlets disagree in emphasis: some stress that convictions or charges represented historic legal exposure [5] [3], while others emphasize procedural limits and the effect of the immunity ruling on prosecutions [12] [4].
Limitations: available sources here do not provide final dispositions for every federal indictment within this packet of material, nor do they include full, up‑to‑date judicial dockets beyond the cited reporting; for unresolved items, this summary cites what the provided reporting states and notes where outcomes are unreported [7] [9].