What are the maximum prison sentences for the felony charges against Donald Trump?

1. New York hush‑money case — felony counts and the practical sentence recorded

The clearest, best‑documented set of felony charges is the Manhattan indictment that charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree tied to payments to Stormy Daniels; a jury found him guilty on all 34 counts on May 30, 2024 ^{[1] [2]}. New York law allows falsifying business records to be a felony if it was done to conceal another crime, and the case was prosecuted as first‑degree falsifying business records ^[3]. Although multiple outlets describe the conviction as felonies and report sentencing, the ultimate sentence imposed by Justice Merchan was an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025 — meaning no jail, fine, or probation was imposed in that proceeding ^{[2] [3]}.

2. What “maximum prison sentence” means here — limits of the sources

When people ask “maximum prison sentences,” they usually mean the statutory maximum penalty that could apply to each count. The current search results summarize counts and outcomes (conviction, dismissal, appeal) but do not provide statutory maximum prison terms for each listed charge in each jurisdiction ^{[7] [4] [6]}. Therefore, available sources do not mention specific maximum prison terms for the individual counts beyond describing whether they were treated as felonies and the punishment ultimately handed down in at least one case (the unconditional discharge in New York) ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

3. Federal cases and Georgia indictment — charges reported but penalties not enumerated in these excerpts

Reporting and compilations note other indictments: a four‑count federal indictment in D.C. related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a federal Southern District of Florida indictment tied to classified documents, and a multi‑count Georgia indictment that at one point charged 13 offenses including alleged violations of Georgia’s RICO statute ^{[4] [6]}. These summaries emphasize the nature and number of counts and procedural developments (dismissals, pauses, changes in prosecutors), but the search results supplied do not list statutory maximum prison terms for those specific federal or state counts ^{[4] [6] [7]}.

4. Outcomes matter as much as statutory maxima — convictions, dismissals, and pauses

The record compiled in these sources shows divergent outcomes: convictions in New York (later sentenced to discharge), appeals and motions to overturn that conviction, dismissals or pauses in other jurisdictions, and changes in prosecutorial posture (e.g., the U.S. Justice Department’s brief asking the New York conviction be thrown out; Georgia prosecutorial changes) ^{[8] [7] [9]}. Those procedural developments affect whether any statutory maximums would ever be relevant in practice — you can list a theoretical maximum, but it matters only if convictions stand and are sentenced ^{[8] [7]}.

5. Why precise maximums are absent here — jurisdictional and charge‑by‑charge complexity

Maximum sentences depend on the exact statutory provision charged and whether counts are run consecutively or concurrently at sentencing — matters that vary across New York state law, Georgia law, and federal statutes. The sources summarize counts and case status across multiple courts but do not include a charge‑by‑charge statutory‑maximum breakdown or a consolidated maximum aggregate number ^{[4] [6] [1]}. Therefore, available sources do not mention a single, authoritative maximum prison total for all felony charges against Trump.

6. How to get a precise maximum‑sentence tally if you want one

To compute a legally accurate maximum you would need: (a) each charging statute for every count in each indictment, (b) the statutory maximum punishment for each statute, and (c) information or assumptions about whether any sentences could be stacked consecutively. The search results provide the list and outcomes of indictments but not the statutory penalty tables or sentencing decisions necessary to produce that arithmetic ^{[4] [6] [1]}.

Closing note: The sources agree on counts, jurisdictions, and key outcomes (34 New York convictions; various federal and Georgia indictments; procedural developments), but they stop short of giving the statutory maximum prison terms for each count in one place — so any definitive maximum‑sentence number is not found in current reporting ^{[1] [4] [6]}.