What is the timeline and current status for each criminal case against Donald Trump as of November 2025?
Executive summary
Three years of prosecutions that began in 2023 culminated in four separate criminal tracks: a Manhattan state trial that produced a conviction and an eventual unconditional discharge, two federal prosecutions that were paused or dropped after Trump’s 2024 election victory, and a Fulton County, Georgia, prosecution that was pared back and ultimately dismissed in late 2025; across those matters prosecutors originally charged 88 counts, 34 of which resulted in convictions and the remainder were dismissed by November 26, 2025 [1] [2] [3]. Reporting shows the New York verdict is the only conviction confirmed in court, federal election charges were set aside after a special counsel move following presidential immunity questions, and the Georgia prosecution ended after state-level procedural rulings and a subsequent decision to drop remaining counts [3] [1] [2].
1. The Manhattan hush‑money case: conviction, sentencing delays, then unconditional discharge
The People v. Trump in New York — the falsified business records indictment tied to payments before the 2016 election — went to trial in April 2024, and a Manhattan jury found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts on May 30, 2024 [3] [2]; sentencing was repeatedly postponed, briefly set for September and then moved to November 26, 2024 before being re-scheduled and ultimately the judge imposed an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025 [4] [3] [2]. The case remains the singular criminal conviction that progressed through trial and sentencing, and local reporting and legal trackers record the guilty verdict and the unusual sentence outcome [3] [4].
2. The federal Jan. 6 criminal prosecution: charged, immunity questions, and dismissal
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned an indictment in August 2023 charging Trump with four counts related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election; Trump pleaded not guilty and proceedings were overseen by Judge Tanya Chutkan [1]. After Trump’s 2024 election win, Special Counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss the case without prejudice on November 25, 2024, citing the constitutional bar on prosecuting a sitting president; that motion followed a Supreme Court decision in July 2024 that drew a line between absolute immunity for official acts and no immunity for unofficial conduct [1] [5]. Reporting indicates prosecutors asserted they still believed the evidence was sufficient, even as they paused the prosecution while Trump occupied the presidency [5] [1].
3. The federal classified‑documents case (Southern District of Florida): paused and effectively set aside
One of the two federal prosecutions that began before Trump’s return to the White House—commonly described in reporting alongside the Jan. 6 matter—was put aside after the 2024 election, with Department of Justice actions reflecting the practical and legal complications of prosecuting a sitting president; summaries of the post‑election landscape list the two federal cases as dismissed or paused following Trump’s victory [3] [6]. Public trackers and outlets group the federal actions together in describing how DOJ choices and immunity determinations altered their trajectories [3] [6].
4. Fulton County, Georgia: 13‑count indictment, disqualifications, dismissals, and final drop
Fulton County charged Trump in August 2023 with 13 counts tied to alleged interference in Georgia’s 2020 results, but judges struck several counts for specificity and Supremacy Clause reasons along the way, and a series of prosecutorial disqualification fights — including the December 2024 disqualification of District Attorney Fani Willis — slowed the matter [1] [2]. By November 26, 2025, after appellate steps and an inability to secure an alternate willing prosecutor, Fulton County’s remaining charges were dismissed and Pete Skandalakis announced he would assume the role but ultimately the case was dropped [2] [1].
5. The numeric tally, competing narratives, and reporting limits
Multiple trackers and institutional reports consolidate the four criminal tracks as 88 total charges across jurisdictions, with 34 convictions and 52 dismissed as of November 26, 2025 — a tidy summary but one that masks granular procedural nuance, appeals, and the distinction between state and federal venue actions [1]. Sources diverge on emphasis and implication — some frame the dismissals as legal inevitability tied to presidential immunity or prosecutorial disqualification, others stress prosecutorial restraint or political influence — and available reporting does not supply a full docket‑level accounting of every count’s legal posture post‑dismissal, which limits finer-grained claims [5] [2] [3].