Were any convictions against Trump overturned on appeal or vacated?
Executive summary
No conviction of Donald Trump has been fully overturned or vacated in the records supplied here; his sole criminal conviction — 34 counts in the Manhattan “hush‑money” case — remains on the books while multiple appeals and procedural maneuvers seek to erase it or move review to federal court [1] [2] [3]. A federal appeals panel has recently reopened a path to challenge jurisdiction and immunity issues that could lead to reversal, but that panel’s rulings do not themselves vacate the conviction [3] [4].
1. The single criminal conviction at issue — what happened and where it stands
A New York jury in May 2024 convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records tied to hush‑money payments; sentencing was later suspended and an unconditional discharge was issued in January 2025, but the guilty verdict itself has not been erased in the materials provided [5] [6] [2]. Fact‑checks published contemporaneously said the conviction “has not been overturned” and that there is no record of payments or awards tied to any supposed vacatur [1].
2. Appeals and the immunity argument — grounds for seeking reversal
Trump’s legal team has appealed, arguing the Supreme Court’s later ruling on presidential immunity meant evidence of his “official acts” was improperly admitted at trial and therefore the conviction should be quashed; they filed both state appeals and a push to move parts of the dispute into federal court [2] [7]. Appeals filings stress that witnesses and evidence tied to the presidency — e.g., Hope Hicks’ testimony and social‑media posts — implicate immunized official conduct, and thus merit reversal if preserved on record [2] [7].
3. Recent appellate activity — relief granted but not vacatur
A federal appeals panel (2nd Circuit) has revived Trump’s bid to remove the state case to federal court and vacated a lower‑court decision denying that request, reopening the procedural route by which the immunity claim could be given federal review; that ruling gives Trump “another shot” at erasing the conviction but does not itself overturn it [3] [4] [8]. Coverage and legal summaries uniformly note the appeals court “express[ed] no view” on whether the immunity defense ultimately succeeds [3] [4].
4. What vacatur or reversal would look like — and why it hasn’t happened yet
To vacate the conviction now would require an appellate court to find reversible legal error — for example, that evidence of immunized official acts was admitted and that the error was not harmless — or to find that federal jurisdiction properly displaces the state conviction; the appeals decisions so far have focused on whether the lower courts adequately considered those precise legal and jurisdictional questions, not on substituting a finding of innocence [4] [3]. Reporting from analysts and legal scholars cited in the record also describes the procedural hurdles for moving state convictions into federal court and the high bar for overturning a jury verdict [9] [10].
5. Conflicting narratives and political uses of appellate developments
Partisan actors and allies frame appellate wins as evidence the conviction was illegitimate and should be expunged; independent reporters and fact‑checkers counter that no vacatur has been recorded and that the litigation remains ongoing [11] [1]. The appeals rulings have been presented in some Republican statements as a decisive vindication, while mainstream outlets stress they merely reopen legal pathways and do not themselves remove the conviction [11] [8].
6. Limits of current reporting and what is not stated here
Available sources do not mention any final appellate decision that has overturned or vacated the 34‑count conviction; they also do not show a completed process by which an appellate court has erased the conviction from the record [1] [4]. The materials provided do not report a ruling that definitively resolves the immunity claim in Trump’s favor, nor any federal court decision that has yet dismissed or vacated the underlying verdict [3] [8].
7. Bottom line for readers — what to expect next
The short answer to “Were any convictions overturned or vacated?” is: not in the sources provided. The case remains the subject of active appeals that could, depending on how immunity and jurisdictional questions are resolved, lead to reversal or a new hearing; recent 2nd Circuit action merely reopens that route rather than accomplishing vacatur itself [1] [4] [3]. Readers should watch for final appellate rulings—decisions that affirm, vacate, or remand would be the concrete events that change the legal status of the conviction [3] [2].