How many criminal indictments does Donald Trump currently face and in which jurisdictions?
Executive summary
Donald Trump has been the subject of multiple criminal indictments that originated in four separate jurisdictions: the Southern District of Florida (federal, classified documents), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (federal, Jan. 6/election obstruction), Manhattan (New York state, falsifying business records/hush‑money), and Fulton County, Georgia (state, election interference) — a configuration repeatedly described in contemporaneous trackers and reporting [1][2][3]. The status of those matters has shifted over time: the Manhattan case produced a conviction later discharged, the Florida federal case encountered a dismissal by a judge and a dropped appeal, Georgia experienced significant narrowing and legal skirmishes, and the D.C. case remains the principal active federal election‑related prosecution in the public record [4][1][5].
1. Four jurisdictions, one headline: where the indictments began
Reporting and legal trackers identify four distinct jurisdictions that brought criminal charges tied to separate factual episodes: Manhattan (New York state charges over alleged falsified business records connected to 2016 payments) [2], Fulton County, Georgia (state charges tied to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 Georgia result) [6], the Southern District of Florida (federal indictment over classified documents at Mar‑a‑Lago) [1], and the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (federal indictment tied to efforts to overturn the 2020 election and Jan. 6) [1][5].
2. Manhattan: conviction, sentencing developments, and discharge
The Manhattan state indictment from March 2023 charged Trump with falsifying business records; that matter proceeded to trial in April–May 2024, produced a conviction on 34 counts, and had sentencing scheduled and then delayed, with reporting noting an unconditional discharge was later entered in January 2025 — facts compiled in retrospective summaries [4][2]. Those entries in public trackers confirm the case was tried and its post‑trial status updated in official reporting [4].
3. Southern District of Florida: classified‑documents case and judicial rulings
The classified‑documents prosecution in Miami began with a June 2023 federal grand jury indictment and a superseding indictment in July 2023 [1][6]; that case encountered a major judicial ruling in mid‑2024 when Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the indictment on procedural grounds related to the special counsel’s appointment and funding, an order whose appeal was later abandoned by the Justice Department — developments recorded in Lawfare and other trackers [1][4]. Public sources document both the original charges and the subsequent dismissal/appeal posture rather than wholesale factual disputes about the underlying allegations [1].
4. Fulton County, Georgia: an expanded indictment, narrowing, and legal fights
The Georgia prosecution originated in an August 2023 Fulton County indictment alleging a conspiracy to interfere with the 2020 result; sources note Trump was initially charged on multiple counts and that the indictment at times included numerous co‑defendants, with later filings and judicial rulings narrowing or dismissing some counts and co‑defendant designations — the overall outline and the shifting pleading posture are reflected in public trackers [4][6]. Reporting documents the case’s existence and the procedural history without asserting the final dispositive outcome beyond what courts and prosecutors have put on record [4].
5. D.C. federal election obstruction case: the central active federal prosecution
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s federal indictment in the District of Columbia, unsealed in August 2023 and later superseded, charged Trump with counts related to conspiring to defraud the government and obstructing an official proceeding tied to Jan. 6; that D.C. matter has remained the major ongoing federal election‑related prosecution, with motions, appeals and immunity questions litigated through the appellate and Supreme Court processes and subsequent superseding indictments reflected in legal coverage [5][1]. Public trackers and legal analyses emphasize its continued centrality and contested legal landscape even as other cases evolved [1][5].
Limitations and how to read the tally
Contemporaneous trackers and major outlets consistently map the origin of four criminal indictments in four jurisdictions [3][2], but they also document shifting statuses — convictions, dismissals, appeals abandoned, narrowed counts — so any definitive present‑tense “count” must be read against those procedural updates; sources used here record the four original jurisdictions and the subsequent judicial actions through late 2025 [4][1][2]. If a reader needs a single numeric tally as of today, the apparatus of sources shows four distinct originating indictments, with active criminal litigation concentrated in D.C. while the Florida and Georgia matters experienced significant dismissals or narrowing and Manhattan produced a conviction later discharged in court filings [1][4][2].