Has Donald Trump been convicted of any federal crimes as of December 2025?
Executive summary
As of December 2025, available reporting in the provided sources shows Donald J. Trump was convicted once — a May 30, 2024, Manhattan jury verdict finding him guilty on 34 counts of first‑degree falsifying business records — and that conviction remained legally recognized after sentencing: Judge Juan Merchan imposed an unconditional discharge on January 10, 2025, meaning Trump is a convicted felon who received no jail time or fines [1] [2] [3]. The two federal criminal matters that had been pending against him — the classified‑documents case in the Southern District of Florida and the election‑interference case in the District of Columbia — were dismissed or otherwise not resulting in federal convictions in the reporting provided [4] [5].
1. A single state felony conviction, not a federal one — the record in the reporting
The conviction cited across multiple outlets is a New York state jury finding on May 30, 2024, that Trump committed 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree; that is a state (Manhattan) conviction, not a federal conviction, and sentencing occurred on January 10, 2025 when Judge Juan Merchan gave an unconditional discharge [1] [2] [3] [4].
2. What “unconditional discharge” means in these accounts
News coverage and legal summaries make clear the unconditional discharge left the conviction intact — reporters explicitly describe Trump as a convicted felon — but the discharge imposed no prison time, fines or other traditional penalties, effectively ending further immediate punishment from that state case [3] [2].
3. The federal docket: classified documents and election cases in the sources
The provided sources describe two separate federal indictments: a June 2023 Southern District of Florida indictment related to classified documents and an August 2023 District of Columbia indictment tied to attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The reporting here indicates those federal prosecutions, as presented in these sources, did not result in federal convictions during the period covered — Lawfare and Wikipedia note dismissals and appeals activity after Trump’s 2024 election victory and subsequent developments in 2024–2025 [4] [5].
4. Court rulings, dismissals and prosecutorial pauses reflected in reporting
Lawfare’s timeline and other summaries report that Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed one federal indictment in July 2024 on grounds about the special counsel’s appointment; the Department of Justice later abandoned appeals in late 2024 and early 2025 in some of those federal matters, which the sources say led to dismissals of the federal cases after Trump’s 2024 victory [4]. The Georgia state election case is separate and paused or litigated on other grounds in the sources [5].
5. How sources treat the distinction between “convicted” and “federal conviction”
Most outlets in the set emphasize the historic nature of the New York conviction — the first time a former or sitting president was convicted of felony counts — but they also consistently note that it was a state criminal case, not a federal prosecution [1] [3] [4]. The sources provided do not report any federal criminal convictions of Donald Trump as of their dates [4] [5].
6. Competing interpretations and political context in the sources
Opinion and analysis pieces included in the results add political framing: some columnists and commentators argue Trump has protections or will escape future prosecution when in office, and other reporting highlights prosecutorial decisions that paused or were dismissed after his 2024 victory; those are analytical or opinion perspectives rather than new convictions, and the sources should be read as reflecting competing viewpoints about legal strategy and political influence [6] [4].
7. Limitations of the available reporting
The material you supplied does not contain a comprehensive, up‑to‑the‑minute federal docket search for December 2025, nor does it include primary court documents for every case; therefore I rely on the summaries and timelines in these sources. If you want definitive, current federal conviction status beyond these reports, consult official court records for the Southern District of Florida, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Justice dockets (available sources do not mention a direct court‑filed federal conviction in December 2025 beyond the dismissals and appeals noted) [4] [5].
8. Bottom line
Based on the provided reporting, Donald Trump has a state felony conviction from New York (34 counts, May 30, 2024) with an unconditional discharge at sentencing on January 10, 2025; the reporting does not document any federal criminal convictions of Trump as of the material supplied [1] [2] [4] [5].