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How many of Trump’s convictions have been overturned, dismissed, or vacated?
Executive summary
As of the timelines covered in the provided reporting, Donald Trump has one criminal conviction — 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Manhattan “hush‑money” case — and that conviction has not been finally overturned, dismissed, or vacated; he has appealed and won procedural wins that could give him routes to challenge or erase it, including recent orders sending parts of the dispute back for reconsideration [1] [2] [3]. Government and appellate filings since the Supreme Court’s July 2024 immunity decision have given Trump additional legal openings: the U.S. Justice Department urged the New York conviction be thrown out, and a federal appeals panel ordered reconsideration of whether the state case belongs in federal court [4] [3].
1. One conviction on the books — not overturned yet
Reporting and fact‑checks state Trump was convicted in May 2024 on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York, and available sources say that conviction had not been overturned as of the cited accounts; Trump appealed the verdict rather than reporting a successful reversal [1] [2] [5].
2. Sentencing and the practical effect: an unconditional discharge
Multiple reports note Judge Juan Merchan delayed and later imposed an “unconditional discharge,” meaning Trump would not serve jail time or pay a fine tied to that sentence timing and political developments around his return to office — but that discharge does not equal an appellate vacatur or formal overturning of the underlying jury verdict [6] [2] [7].
3. Routes Trump is using to try to erase the conviction
Trump’s legal strategy includes appeals arguing the Supreme Court’s July 2024 presidential‑immunity decision shields him from prosecution for official acts and that trial evidence improperly tainted the verdict; his team has asked state appeals courts to void the conviction and sought to move the case into federal court where immunity arguments may be treated differently [8] [3] [9].
4. Appellate and intergovernmental developments that could change the outcome
A federal appeals panel ordered a lower court to reconsider whether the New York case belongs in federal court, effectively reopening a path that could lead to dismissal or transfer; separately, the U.S. Justice Department filed a friend‑of‑the‑court brief urging the New York conviction be thrown out because it relied on evidence and legal theories preempted by federal law and the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling [3] [4].
5. Conflicting signals in coverage — conviction upheld but under active challenge
Judge Merchan upheld the conviction in January 2025 and denied some efforts to throw it out immediately, but that judicial ruling did not foreclose further appellate remedies; contemporaneous reporting stresses the conviction remains the operative verdict while multiple appeals and motions continue [5] [7] [2].
6. What “overturned,” “dismissed,” or “vacated” would mean here — and what reporting shows
An overturned or vacated conviction would require an appellate court or other judge to set aside the jury’s verdict or a court to dismiss charges; the current reporting documents appeals, procedural remands, and government briefs asking for the conviction to be thrown out, but does not document a final appellate decision that has actually overturned, dismissed, or vacated the 34 convictions [3] [4] [1].
7. Misinformation and public claims: what fact‑checks say
Fact‑checking outlets warned against viral claims that “Trump’s convictions have all been overturned” or that he’d been awarded large damages as a result; those outlets found no record of the New York felony conviction being overturned and rate blanket claims of reversals false [1].
8. What to watch next — realistic endgames and timelines
Key next steps are (a) the outcome of federal and state appellate petitions about moving the case to federal court or applying presidential immunity (an appeals panel has already ordered reconsideration), (b) any further rulings from the U.S. government’s friend‑of‑the‑court brief influence, and (c) final state‑ or federal‑court appellate decisions that could vacate, reverse, or remand the conviction — none of which, in the provided reporting, had yet produced a final reversal [3] [4].
Limitations and caveats: the sources supplied span public reporting, legal briefs, and fact checks through late 2025, and none of them document a final appellate ruling that actually overturned, dismissed, or vacated Trump’s New York conviction; if a later court issued such an order, it is not found in the current reporting [1] [3].