Has Donald Trump faced any federal charges related to minors or sex crimes?

Checked on December 5, 2025
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Executive summary

Available reporting and court records in the provided sources show Donald Trump has faced numerous civil and criminal allegations of sexual misconduct — including a 2023 federal civil jury finding him liable for sexual abuse of E. Jean Carroll — but the mainstream reporting in this dataset does not show any federal criminal indictments charging Trump with sex crimes involving minors; a separate civil suit alleging rape of a minor was filed and refiled in federal court but had been voluntarily dismissed and later refiled as reported [1] [2]. Sources document criminal prosecutions on other federal matters (documents, election interference) but not federal criminal charges against Trump for sex crimes involving minors in the material provided [3] [4] [5].

1. What courts have actually found or charged Trump on sexual allegations?

A federal civil jury in New York found Trump liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and for defamation, producing monetary judgments that were later upheld on appeal and remain the focus of further appeals to the Supreme Court [6] [1] [7]. That finding was civil liability, not a federal criminal conviction; reporting distinguishes the civil judgment (liability and damages) from criminal prosecutions in other matters [6] [1].

2. Allegations involving minors: lawsuits, not federal criminal indictments in the provided sources

Reporting in Courthouse News describes a plaintiff known as “Jane Doe” who alleged she was raped by Trump when she was 13 and notes that suit was dismissed and then refiled in federal court, with witness declarations describing alleged abuse tied to Epstein-era parties [2]. That article discusses civil litigation and sworn declarations; it does not in these excerpts report a federal criminal indictment charging Trump with a sex crime involving a minor [2].

3. Federal criminal cases against Trump in other areas — context and contrast

The most prominent federal criminal matters against Trump in these sources concern classified documents (Southern District of Florida) and alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election (District of Columbia), as well as state prosecutions and a New York business-records case — none of these listed federal criminal indictments involve sexual crimes or minors in the reporting provided [3] [4] [5].

4. Civil versus criminal standards and what the records mean

Civil findings — such as the Carroll verdict where a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation — use the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard and result in monetary judgments; criminal charges require the government to bring an indictment and prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The sources make this distinction: Carroll’s case produced civil liability and large financial penalties, upheld on appeal, but is not described as a federal criminal conviction [1] [6].

5. What the sources say about prosecutions of sexual offenses in Trump’s administrations or pardons

Reporting and advocacy pieces included here allege that the Trump administration pardoned or commuted sentences for individuals convicted of sex offenses and that policy choices under Trump critics have undermined survivor services; those items speak to policy and pardon decisions, not to federal criminal charges against Trump for sexual conduct involving minors [8] [9] [10].

6. Where reporting diverges and limitations of the available sources

Some outlets cover the refiled federal civil suit alleging rape of a minor [2], while the corpus also highlights criminal indictments in other federal matters [3] [4]. The sources provided do not include any federal criminal indictment that charges Trump with sex crimes involving minors; if such an indictment exists beyond these materials, it is not found in current reporting provided here ("not found in current reporting") [2] [3].

7. Bottom line for readers seeking a concise answer

Based on the documents and news items you provided, Donald Trump has been found civilly liable for sexual abuse (E. Jean Carroll) and faces multiple civil accusations, including a refiled federal civil suit alleging rape of a minor; however, the sources do not show any federal criminal charges brought against Trump that allege sex crimes involving minors [1] [2] [3].

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