What criminal charges has Donald Trump faced since becoming president?
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Executive summary
Donald Trump has been charged in four distinct criminal matters that produced 88 counts across 2023–2025; as of November 26, 2025 he was convicted on 34 counts (falsifying business records in New York) and 52 charges were dismissed across the cases, including the final Georgia racketeering case dismissed in November 2025 [1] [2]. The New York conviction produced an unconditional discharge on Jan. 10, 2025; two federal prosecutions were dismissed; and the Georgia case was ultimately thrown out, leaving the New York conviction as the principal unresolved conviction amid ongoing appeals [3] [4] [2].
1. Four separate criminal tracks — a quick map
Prosecutors in state and federal venues brought four separate prosecutions between 2023 and 2025, yielding a total of 88 charged counts: the Manhattan (New York) state case over hush-money business records, a Southern District of Florida case tied to classified documents, a Special Counsel (D.C.) case over efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and a Fulton County, Georgia racketeering election-interference case [1] [4]. Ballotpedia summarizes the four-case total and counts; Lawfare catalogs their separate procedural histories [1] [4].
2. New York: 34 felony counts, guilty verdict, unconditional discharge
Manhattan prosecutors charged Trump with 34 felony counts of first‑degree falsifying business records tied to payments made to Stormy Daniels; the trial began April 15, 2024, and a jury convicted him on all 34 counts on May 30, 2024 [5] [1]. Judge Juan Merchan later imposed an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025 — meaning no jail, probation, or fines were imposed — and Trump has filed an appeal from that conviction [3] [1]. FRONTLINE and New York court records both note the discharge and ongoing appeal activity [6] [7].
3. Federal classified‑documents and election cases: dismissals and unresolved strands
Federal cases produced intense litigation. The classified‑documents prosecution out of the Southern District of Florida and the D.C. federal election case (Special Counsel Jack Smith) faced procedural battles; reporting and legal summaries note that the two federal cases were dismissed after Trump returned to the presidency, with appeals and prosecutorial changes affecting outcomes [4]. Lawfare and FRONTLINE document that two federal cases were ultimately dismissed, though specific dismissal mechanics varied by docket and timing [4] [6]. Available sources do not provide a single unified timeline for all federal dispositions in the snippet package; they emphasize dismissals and procedural pauses rather than a single dispositive ruling in one source [4] [6].
4. Georgia racketeering case: indictment, problems, and final dismissal
Fulton County indicted Trump in August 2023 on 13 state counts related to efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 result. The case produced a dramatic mugshot and substantial pretrial rulings; Judge Scott McAfee dismissed portions of the indictment in 2024 and ultimately ordered the entire racketeering case dismissed on November 26, 2025, bringing to a close the last remaining criminal case against Trump after his 2024 election victory [1] [2]. Ballotpedia and CNBC both report the November 26, 2025 dismissal and the litigation that preceded it [1] [2].
5. Net result by late November 2025: conviction, appeals, and many dropped charges
By Nov. 26, 2025 the consolidated picture in public reporting is: 34 counts resulted in a conviction (New York), 52 charged counts were dismissed across the various indictments or otherwise not adjudicated as convictions, and appeals or prosecutorial decisions continued to shape what remained live [1]. Ballotpedia’s tally and contemporaneous reporting are the primary sources for this count summary [1].
6. Political and legal context — why outcomes shifted
The prosecutorial landscape changed after Trump’s 2024 return to the White House: dismissals, disqualifications of prosecutors, and prosecutorial withdrawals played major roles. Georgia’s case saw disqualification motions and other procedural fights; federal teams faced immunity questions and other threshold disputes reflected in court rulings and secondary reporting [5] [4] [1]. Sources indicate significant interplay between legal strategy, procedural rulings, and the political shift of Trump’s reelection, but the provided reporting does not attribute motives beyond the filings and judicial rulings themselves [4] [1].
7. What remains contested and what the sources don’t say
The New York conviction is being appealed — that appeal and other collateral consequences remain live [3] [1]. The exact legal reasoning and full procedural history for each federal dismissal, and granular timelines for every prosecutorial withdrawal or disqualification, are not fully laid out in the snippets provided; available sources do not mention exhaustive transcripts of every hearing or the complete docket chronology within this packet [4] [6]. Readers should note the difference between convictions, dismissals, disqualifications, and sentences like an “unconditional discharge,” each of which carries distinct legal meaning in the cited reports [3] [6].
Sources: Ballotpedia (overview and counts) [1]; Reuters and CNBC for developments and dismissals [2] [8]; Lawfare and FRONTLINE for case summaries and sentencing reporting [4] [6]; New York court pages and Wikipedia synopses for New York case specifics and discharge [7] [5] [3].