Have any courts or prosecutors convicted Donald J. Trump of corruption or corruption-related crimes as of 2025?
Executive summary
Yes. A Manhattan jury convicted Donald J. Trump on 34 felony counts of first‑degree falsifying business records on May 30, 2024; the conviction remained on the books though the judge later imposed an unconditional discharge at sentencing on January 10, 2025 (no prison, probation, or fines) [1] [2] [3]. Other criminal matters — including Georgia election charges and federal cases — were paused, disqualified, dismissed or otherwise not resulting in sustained convictions in the available reporting through late 2025 [4] [5].
1. The New York "hush‑money" conviction: first and most consequential guilty verdict
A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on May 30, 2024 of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to payments connected to the Stormy Daniels matter, making him the first U.S. president to be criminally convicted post‑office; sentencing occurred January 10, 2025 when Judge Juan M. Merchan imposed an unconditional discharge, leaving the conviction but imposing no jail time, probation, or fines [1] [2] [3].
2. What "unconditional discharge" means in practice
The judge’s January 10, 2025 unconditional discharge spared Trump any active punishment despite the felony verdict: the conviction remains on his record but the court declined to impose imprisonment, probation, or financial penalties [2] [3]. Reporting notes the conviction stands legally even as the sentence delivered no punitive measures [2].
3. Other high‑profile prosecutions: paused, disqualified or dismissed in available reporting
The Georgia racketeering/election‑interference prosecution was paused in mid‑2024 while questions about the prosecutor were litigated; the Georgia Court of Appeals disqualified Fani Willis in December 2024, and later developments led to the new prosecutor dropping the case in November 2025 — meaning no conviction there in the available accounts [4] [5]. Federal prosecutions saw key rulings on immunity and other defenses; one Supreme Court immunity ruling limited prosecution for official acts, and some federal matters were dismissed or paused after Trump’s 2024 election victory and his return to the presidency [4] [3].
4. How multiple outlets and trackers present the tally
Compilations and major outlets (Ballotpedia, Lawfare, AP, Britannica, PBS/FRONTLINE) concur that the Manhattan conviction produced 34 guilty counts and that sentencing resulted in an unconditional discharge in January 2025 [6] [3] [1] [2] [7]. Those sources also report that, by late‑2025, other criminal cases had been dropped, resolved, or put aside, leaving the New York conviction as the primary criminal verdict documented in the available reporting [5] [6].
5. Legal and political context that shaped outcomes
Courts and prosecutors operated amid major legal questions (executive‑action immunity rulings by the Supreme Court), procedural fights over disqualification of local prosecutors (Georgia), and the political reality of Trump’s 2024 election and 2025 inauguration, which influenced DOJ decisions and case postures; reporting documents immunity rulings and subsequent dismissals or pauses in prosecutions [4] [3] [2]. Sources also note a pattern of clemency and pardons in the second Trump presidency that affected federal punishment and political accountability [8] [9] [10].
6. Competing perspectives and the limits of available reporting
Pro‑prosecution sources emphasize the significance of the Manhattan guilty verdict and retain that it is a criminal conviction [1] [3]. Defenders point to the unconditional discharge, appeals, and later dismissals or pauses in other cases as mitigating factors that limited practical consequences [2] [4] [5]. Available sources do not mention any additional convictions beyond the 34 falsifying‑records counts in New York through the documents provided here [6] [1] [3].
7. Bottom line for the question asked
As of the reporting in these sources through late‑2025, courts convicted Donald J. Trump of corruption‑related crimes in the New York hush‑money case — 34 felony counts of falsifying business records — but the sentence imposed was an unconditional discharge (no jail, probation, or fines), and other criminal matters cited in the sources were paused, disqualified, dismissed, or otherwise did not produce additional convictions in the covered reporting [1] [2] [5] [4].
Limitations: this summary relies only on the provided sources and does not incorporate reporting outside them; where sources diverge about legal consequences, I have cited the relevant pieces above [1] [2] [3].