How many felony convictions does Donald Trump currently have as of December 2025?

1. The conviction tally: 34 felony counts from the New York hush‑money case

A Manhattan jury convicted Trump on 34 counts of first‑degree falsifying business records related to alleged payments made in the 2016 campaign, and multiple authoritative chronologies list those 34 guilty counts as the concrete conviction total ^{[1] [2]}. Reporting from Ballotpedia and contemporaneous coverage of the Manhattan trial note the May 30, 2024 verdict finding Trump guilty on all 34 counts ^[1], and encyclopedic summaries repeat that outcome as the centerpiece of Trump’s criminal record through 2025 ^{[2] [4]}.

2. Sentencing outcome: an unconditional discharge that altered punishment, not guilt

The sentencing phase concluded with Judge Juan Merchan issuing an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025 — an historic and unusual sentencing result that relieved Trump of a traditional penal sentence but did not vacate the jury’s guilty verdicts ^{[2] [3]}. Coverage emphasizes the distinction between a discharge at sentencing and the underlying conviction: the judge’s discharge addresses punishment, while the record of conviction from the May 2024 trial remains in the public court docket and in reporting ^{[2] [3]}.

3. Other federal and state matters — dismissed, paused, or unelevated to convictions

Beyond the New York verdict, multiple other prosecutions and investigations that implicated Trump through 2025 produced no additional finalized felony convictions: some charges were dismissed, some cases were paused, and state-level efforts (notably the Georgia prosecution tied to 2020 election‑related conduct) were dropped or stalled by late 2025, leaving them without additional convictions to add to the count ^{[1] [2] [4]}. Ballotpedia and Britannica summarize the broader docket through 2025, noting that across the several indictments Trump faced, dozens of counts were charged but only the 34 in Manhattan resulted in guilty findings as of late 2025 ^{[1] [4]}.

4. Pardons, presidential power, and the limits of post‑conviction remedies

The Trump presidency in 2025 issued sweeping pardons for many individuals convicted of a range of federal offenses, but the available reporting does not show any presidential action that expunged or overturned Trump’s own New York felony convictions, and state convictions are not subject to presidential pardon in the same way as federal offenses ^[5]. Coverage of pardons and clemency in 2025 catalogs many controversial grants but does not document a mechanism that nullified the Manhattan jury’s recorded guilty verdicts as of December 2025 ^[5]. If future legal appeals or state procedures altered the convictions, those developments would need to be documented; the consulted sources show the 34 convictions standing through 2025 ^{[1] [2]}.

5. How reporters and public documents frame “conviction” versus punishment — and the reporting limits

News outlets, legal trackers, and reference sites consistently report 34 convictions from the New York case while also highlighting the uncommon sentencing resolution ^{[1] [2] [3]}. This duality has created confusion in some public discussion — conviction count versus penal consequences — but the documentary record in the cited reporting supports the factual statement that 34 felony convictions existed on the public record as of December 2025 ^{[1] [2]}. The sources provided do not include any authoritative record showing additional separate felony convictions beyond those 34 or an official expungement or reversal that would negate them as of the date in question ^{[1] [2] [4]}.