Has Donald Trump been convicted in any other federal cases?
Executive summary
Donald Trump has one recorded criminal conviction in the materials provided: a May 30, 2024 Manhattan jury verdict finding him guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush‑money payment; that conviction was followed by a January 10, 2025 unconditional discharge at sentencing [1] [2] [3]. Available sources describe multiple federal indictments brought against him (Southern District of Florida and District of Columbia) that were later dismissed, paused, or otherwise did not result in standing federal convictions in the reporting provided here [3] [4] [5].
1. What the records in this packet show: one state felony conviction, not multiple federal convictions
The clearest fact in these sources is that a Manhattan jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records tied to payments around the 2016 campaign; that was a New York state criminal conviction on May 30, 2024 [1] [2]. Sentencing later produced an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025, meaning no jail time, fines, or other penalties were imposed at that hearing [2] [3].
2. Federal indictments cited here — charged but not reflected as federal convictions in these sources
The packet documents two separate federal indictments: one in June/August 2023 in the Southern District of Florida (classified documents/Mar‑a‑Lago) and another in August 2023 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (January 6/efforts to overturn the 2020 election) [3] [4]. Lawfare and Ballotpedia reporting in this set explain those federal matters were subject to litigation, dismissals or pauses; they do not record any resulting federal criminal conviction in the material provided [3] [4].
3. How those federal matters ended, according to these sources
Lawfare and Reuters summarize court actions: in the Southern District of Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed a federal indictment in July 2024, a decision that was appealed and later the Justice Department dismissed that appeal [3]. For the D.C. election‑interference indictment, reporting notes the special counsel moved to dismiss the case without prejudice on November 25, 2024, and other procedural pauses and litigation followed [4] [3]. These items in the packet indicate those federal prosecutions did not, in the cited reporting, culminate in convictions [3] [4].
4. Government amici and appellate activity that cast further doubt on permanence of the state conviction
Several sources in the packet describe efforts that could affect the New York conviction’s final status: the U.S. government filed a brief urging that the hush‑money conviction be thrown out because it relied on improper evidence and a legal theory preempted by federal law [5]. An appeals court also ordered reconsideration of whether the case belonged in federal court, and other outlets report ongoing appeals and filings challenging the conviction [5] [1]. These items do not assert a federal conviction elsewhere; rather they show appellate litigation touching the state conviction’s future [5] [1].
5. Alternate perspectives and legal‑political context present in the sources
Trump’s legal team frames the New York conviction as illegitimate and argues federal immunity and preemption doctrines should undo it; outlets such as Axios report those appeal claims emphatically [1]. Conversely, Reuters and Lawfare present the conviction as a historic first with subsequent legal contests but do not say it was converted into a federal conviction [6] [3]. The New Yorker and The New York Times opinion pieces included here offer broader takes about prosecutorial choices, immunity doctrines, and political effects, reflecting competing vantage points on whether prosecutions were justified or failed [7] [8].
6. What is not said in these sources — limits of the packet
Available sources do not mention any other separate federal criminal conviction of Donald Trump beyond the procedural histories and dismissals described for the Florida and D.C. matters [3] [4]. The packet includes no federal guilty verdicts against Trump; instead it records one state court felony conviction subject to ongoing appellate challenges and an eventual unconditional discharge at sentencing [2] [5].
7. Bottom line for readers seeking a concise answer
Based on the materials provided, Donald Trump has one conviction on the books in these reports — the May 2024 New York state jury verdict on 34 counts of falsifying business records — and the packet does not show any federal criminal conviction of Trump; the federal cases described were litigated, dismissed, or paused rather than resulting in federal convictions in the reporting supplied here [1] [3] [4].