Which criminal cases against Donald J. Trump are still pending as of 2025?
Executive summary
As of early 2025, the four criminal indictments filed against Donald J. Trump in 2023—the two federal matters (classified documents and January 6 election-subversion) and two state matters (Manhattan “hush-money” business-records case and the Georgia election-interference case)—were no longer moving forward to active trials: the New York case reached a conviction that was later discharged, the two federal prosecutions had been dismissed or paused through motions and appeals, and the Georgia prosecution was stalled by disqualification and procedural appeals and had been subject to requests that could permit refiling [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. New York (Manhattan) — Hush-money business-records: convicted, sentence discharged
The Manhattan trial that began in April 2024 produced a jury conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records on May 30, 2024, but the ultimate criminal penalty did not produce incarceration: on January 10, 2025 the judge issued an unconditional discharge, meaning no prison time, probation, or fines were imposed at sentencing [1] [3] [2] [5]. Those developments left the New York criminal case resolved in form even as appeals and legal disputes around conviction and remedy have appeared in reporting and trackers [1] [2].
2. Federal classified-documents case — dismissed after procedural rulings and DOJ decisions
The federal prosecution over classified documents, initiated in June 2023, ran into a succession of procedural rulings: a district judge’s July 2024 dismissal on grounds related to appointment and funding of the special counsel was appealed by the Justice Department, but the department later dismissed its appeal by late November 2024, and reporting shows the government ultimately moved to dismiss related appeals in early 2025—effectively ending active criminal proceedings in that docket as of those filings [2] [4]. FRONTLINE’s timeline has tracked related motions and post-election developments in early 2025, including the special counsel’s resignation and decisions about refiling [3].
3. Federal January 6 election-subversion case — paused, remanded, and then dismissed by the government
The federal case in D.C. alleging a scheme to overturn the 2020 election saw its trial schedule vacated while the Supreme Court considered presidential immunity claims; after the Court remanded, the district judge ultimately granted the government’s unopposed motion to dismiss on December 6, 2024, and subsequent filings show the Justice Department abandoned certain appeals and dismissed others in January 2025—leaving that investigation not actively prosecuting Trump at that time [2] [1]. FRONTLINE and Lawfare contemporaneous reporting document those procedural developments and the Justice Department’s choices about further action [3] [2].
4. Georgia election-interference case — disqualified prosecutor, appeals and procedural limbo
Georgia’s Fulton County prosecution, the one alleging state-law election interference, remained in a more ambiguous procedural status: local rulings and appellate activity including the Georgia Court of Appeals’ scrutiny of Fulton County’s district attorney produced a disqualification of the lead prosecutor in late 2024 and appeals that left the case stayed or altered through 2025, with reporting noting the prosecutor’s disqualification and subsequent appellate maneuvering and the possibility that charges could be refiled depending on further orders and decisions [4] [1] [3]. FRONTLINE and Ballotpedia document that the Georgia prosecution did not proceed to a completed trial while it was subject to disqualification and appeals [3] [4].
Bottom line and caveats
By early 2025, none of the four 2023 criminal indictments were actively heading into an unresolved, uninterrupted trial process: New York’s case had been adjudicated and the sentence discharged, both federal matters had been dismissed or left dormant after appellate and prosecutorial choices, and the Georgia matter was in appellate and procedural limbo with disqualification issues that left the door open to potential refiling or revival [1] [2] [3] [4]. Reporting is limited to the documents and timelines cited here; where sources describe motions to dismiss “without prejudice” or prosecutorial resignations, those facts indicate legal options remain in play but do not prove that charges would be refiled [3].