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What were the specific charges in each of Donald Trump's convictions by November 14, 2025?
Executive summary
As of November 14, 2025, publicly available reporting in the provided sources records one criminal conviction of Donald Trump: a May 30, 2024 Manhattan jury verdict finding him guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree tied to hush‑money payments to Stormy Daniels; that conviction was followed by an unconditional discharge at sentencing on January 10, 2025 (no jail, fine, or other penalty) [1] [2]. Other prosecutions and their statuses — including Georgia election matters and federal investigations — are described in the sources but are not documented as additional convictions by that date in the material you provided [1] [3].
1. The New York “hush‑money” conviction: what the record says
A Manhattan jury in April–May 2024 found Trump guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree tied to reimbursements and bookkeeping entries intended to conceal a $130,000 payment to adult‑film actor Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election; multiple outlets in the provided set summarize that verdict and the counts as 34 felony falsified‑business‑records charges [1] [2] [3]. The conviction centered on state law falsification counts rather than federal statutes, and the records in these sources repeatedly identify the charge as falsifying business records [2] [3].
2. Sentencing outcome and legal aftermath reported in these sources
Although the jury returned guilty verdicts on all 34 counts, Judge Juan Merchan later imposed an “unconditional discharge” on January 10, 2025 — a sentence that leaves the conviction on the record but imposes no prison time, fines, or other penalties — a fact noted in reporting from NPR, PBS and other items in the file [2] [4]. Subsequent appellate and government filings continued: for example, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief arguing the conviction should be overturned because it relied on improper evidence and a theory preempted by federal law, reflecting active appeals and competing legal views in the docket [5] [6].
3. What the sources say about other criminal cases by the date given
The provided materials describe other indictments and investigations involving Trump — including Georgia election‑interference charges and federal investigations such as the classified‑documents and January 6‑related matters — but those items in your briefing do not state additional convictions as of November 14, 2025. The Georgia case’s prosecutor situation and pauses are noted (including Fani Willis’s disqualification and later Pete Skandalakis taking over the prosecution), but the sources do not list a completed conviction in that matter by that date [1]. Britannica and Ballotpedia summaries map the multiple prosecutions but, in the excerpts you supplied, report only the New York conviction as resulting in felony convictions [7] [3].
4. Competing legal views and reported challenges to the New York verdict
Reporting in the set shows sharp disagreement about the validity and durability of the New York conviction: Trump’s lawyers argued the trial improperly admitted evidence of official acts and that the conviction was “fatally marred,” and the Justice Department itself filed a friend‑of‑the‑court brief urging the conviction be thrown out as based on improper evidence or theories preempted by federal law [6] [5]. Those briefs demonstrate that, even with the jury verdict and the January 2025 discharge, significant legal actors were urging appellate courts to overturn the conviction [5].
5. Legal and political context the sources highlight
The reporting underscores that this conviction was historically unprecedented (first felony conviction of a U.S. president) and that political dynamics shaped the post‑verdict landscape: sources note that the conviction did not prevent Trump’s 2024 election victory and that department policies about indicting sitting presidents shaped prosecutions and appeals in other matters [2] [8]. The New Yorker and Guardian pieces in the set offer broader commentary on prosecutorial choices and political implications, indicating that legal strategy and institutional constraints influenced which charges proceeded and how they were litigated [9] [8].
6. Limits of the available reporting and what is not in these sources
Available sources provided here do not list any other convictions of Donald Trump by November 14, 2025 beyond the 34 falsifying‑business‑records counts in New York and their subsequent unconditional discharge [1] [2]. If you are seeking convictions in other jurisdictions or changes in the appellate status after November 14, 2025, those developments are not documented in the excerpts you supplied and thus are “not found in current reporting” in this packet [1] [5].
If you want, I can: (a) extract the precise statutory language of the New York falsifying‑business‑records counts from the Manhattan indictment; (b) compile a timeline of appeals and briefs cited here (including DOJ’s and Trump’s appellate filings); or (c) search for reporting dated after November 14, 2025 to capture any later developments.