Has Donald Trump been acquitted of any felony charges in 2025?

Checked on November 26, 2025
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Executive summary

Available reporting shows Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York in May 2024 and sentenced to an unconditional discharge (no jail time or fines) on January 10, 2025; sources do not describe him being acquitted of any felony charges in 2025 [1] [2] [3]. Some legal actions after the conviction — appeals, federal review requests, and DOJ briefs — sought to overturn or revisit the conviction, but those are not acquittals [4] [5] [6].

1. The key 2024–2025 New York conviction and January 2025 sentence

A Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts in May 2024 relating to falsifying business records; he was later sentenced to an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025 — a sentence that left him a convicted felon but imposed no jail, fines or probation [1] [2] [7]. Court documents and reporting consistently describe the May 2024 guilty verdict and the January 2025 unconditional discharge as the operative facts [1] [2] [7].

2. “Unconditional discharge” is not an acquittal; sources distinguish conviction from punishment

Multiple outlets explain that the January 10, 2025 unconditional discharge affirmed the conviction but withheld punitive measures, effectively avoiding incarceration or fines while leaving the felony conviction intact — this is not the same as being acquitted [2] [7]. The PBS and 19th News coverage explicitly state Trump remained a convicted felon after the sentencing even though he received no further penalties [2] [7].

3. Post-conviction legal maneuvers: appeals, removals and federal reviews

After the conviction and sentencing, Trump’s legal team pursued appeals and asked courts to move or overturn the case; for example, a federal appeals panel directed reconsideration of whether aspects of the New York case belonged in federal court, and the Department of Justice filed briefs arguing the conviction should be thrown out — these are challenges to the conviction, not judicial acquittals issued in 2025 [4] [5] [6]. Reuters and other reporting describe these as ongoing legal reviews rather than final exonerations [4] [5].

4. Other criminal cases and dismissals: coverage is mixed and changing

Available sources mention other venues (Georgia, federal matters) where charges were contested or prosecutors disqualified, and where some dismissals or pauses occurred later in 2025; but the materials provided do not report a 2025 acquittal of Trump on any felony charge [8] [3]. Wikipedia and Newsweek entries note procedural developments and dismissals in related prosecutions, but they do not document a 2025 judicial acquittal of Trump on a felony charge in the supplied excerpts [3] [8].

5. Impeachment acquittals are separate and older — not criminal acquittals in 2025

The sources include references to Senate acquittals from prior impeachment trials (e.g., 2020) as historical context, but those are impeachment outcomes, not criminal trials, and are not new 2025 felony acquittals [9]. Impeachment acquittals and criminal-court acquittals are different legal events; the provided material does not conflate them with any 2025 criminal acquittal for Trump [9].

6. What the sources do not show or confirm

Available sources do not mention any 2025 court decision that acquitted Trump of a felony; instead they describe a 2024 conviction followed by an unconditional discharge in January 2025 and ongoing appeals and legal challenges aiming to overturn or remove the case to federal court [1] [2] [4] [5]. If you are asking about any later 2025 developments (dismissals, pardons, acquittals) beyond the excerpts supplied here, those are not found in the current reporting set — additional, more recent coverage would be needed to confirm new outcomes (not found in current reporting).

7. Competing perspectives and implicit agendas in the coverage

Court documents and mainstream outlets report the conviction and discharge as legal facts [1] [2] [7]. Opinion and editorial pieces cited (e.g., New York Times opinion) argue broader political or immunity implications — asserting Trump may avoid prosecution after a presidency — reflecting political interpretation rather than judicial fact [10]. Some sources (e.g., Reuters, DOJ briefs) show the federal government or courts weighing in to potentially undo the conviction; those moves can be framed as legal correction by supporters or as political sheltering by critics, and both perspectives appear in the supplied material [4] [5].

If you want, I can scan for later 2025 court rulings, appellate opinions, or official pardons/clemency documents beyond these sources to update whether any felony convictions were overturned, dismissed, or acquitted later in 2025 (available sources do not mention such a 2025 acquittal).

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