Did trumps felonies get thrown out?
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Executive summary
Several major criminal matters against Donald Trump were dismissed or paused after he won the 2024 election and returned to the presidency: federal prosecutions by Special Counsel Jack Smith were dropped or put on hold [1] [2], the New York criminal conviction for 34 counts of falsifying business records resulted in an unconditional discharge at sentencing on Jan. 10, 2025 [3] [2], and the last active state case — Georgia’s racketeering/election‑interference indictment — was dismissed in late November 2025 after the new prosecutor moved to drop the charges [4] [5]. Available sources do not mention any remaining active felony prosecutions against Trump after those dismissals (not found in current reporting).
1. The federal cases: dismissed or deferred after the election
Two federal prosecutions led by Special Counsel Jack Smith — the election‑related D.C. case and the classified‑documents case tied to Mar‑a‑Lago — were effectively halted after Trump won the presidency; Smith moved to dismiss charges or otherwise acknowledged DOJ policy that disfavors prosecuting a sitting president, and reporting says those federal criminal charges were dismissed or deferred [1] [2]. Sources note the DOJ reasoning traces back to long‑standing concerns about indicting a sitting president and references to immunity questions after Supreme Court rulings [1] [2].
2. New York: conviction but no punishment — an ‘unconditional discharge’
In New York, Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 counts of falsifying business records; however, at sentencing the court issued an unconditional discharge on Jan. 10, 2025, meaning the judge imposed no prison time, probation, or fines [3] [2]. Reporting shows prosecutors had intended to proceed with post‑trial sentencing, and defense motions sought dismissal after the election; ultimately the court’s disposition left the conviction on the record but spared any penal consequences [3] [2].
3. Georgia: the final state case ended when prosecutor dropped charges
The racketeering/election‑interference case in Fulton County — long seen as the last significant remaining criminal matter — was dismissed after a sequence of prosecutorial changes and judicial rulings. Judge Scott McAfee granted the state’s motion to dismiss on Nov. 26, 2025, after the new prosecutor, Peter Skandalakis, asked to drop the indictment to “serve the interests of justice and promote judicial finality,” closing what many outlets called the final criminal case against Trump [4] [5]. Earlier in the litigation, several counts had been struck and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had been disqualified, developments that shaped the case’s trajectory [3] [6].
4. How to read “dismissed” — differences in legal forms and future risk
“Dismissed” can mean different things depending on context. Federal dismissals tied to a sitting president have been framed as deferments that could allow refiling after a president leaves office; some sources specify dismissals were without prejudice or were influenced by DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president [2] [1]. The Georgia dismissal came after a new prosecutor moved to drop the case; the New York matter resulted in an unconditional discharge at sentencing rather than a wholesale vacatur of the conviction [3] [4] [2]. Those distinctions matter for whether charges could be refiled or whether convictions remain recorded [2] [3].
5. Competing narratives and political framing
Coverage and statements from Trump’s team framed dismissals as vindication and “lawfare” by political opponents; prosecutors and some legal analysts framed dismissals as outcomes of prosecutorial discretion, procedural defects, or the practical limits of trying a sitting president [7] [5] [4]. International and U.S. outlets emphasize different elements — some underline the legal reasoning dating to Watergate and presidential immunity arguments [1], while local reporting notes procedural defects and the impact of disqualified prosecutors in Georgia [6] [4].
6. Limits of the available reporting and what’s not said
Available sources document the federal dismissals, New York discharge, and Georgia dismissal, but they do not provide a comprehensive list of every potential ancillary civil or administrative action that might persist; they also do not uniformly state whether every dismissed charge is permanently barred or could be refiled in the future [1] [2] [4]. For precise legal status of each charge—vacatur, nolle prosequi, dismissal with or without prejudice—readers must consult the actual court orders cited by these reports, which are not reproduced in full in the reporting aggregated here [4] [3].
Bottom line: major criminal prosecutions that once threatened felony exposure for Trump were dismissed, discharged, or deferred across federal and state venues between late 2024 and November 2025, but the legal forms of those closures differ — dismissals, a prosecutor‑filed nolle prosequi in Georgia, and an unconditional discharge in New York — and those differences determine whether charges could, in theory, be revived later [1] [2] [4].