Indictments against Donald Trump

In 2023, four criminal indictments were filed against Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States. Two were on state charges (one in New York and one in Georgia) and the other two, one of which was replaced by a superseding indictment, were on federal charges (one in Florida and one in the District of Columbia). Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. He was convicted in New York, but charges were dropped in the Georgia case and the two federal cases.

On the state cases:

• The six-week-long New York trial lasted April15–May 30, 2024 and resulted in the conviction of Trump on all 34 charges. However, on January 10, 2025, the judge issued an unconditional discharge.
• On June 5, 2024, the Georgia case was paused while the Georgia Court of Appeals decided whether to disqualify Fani Willis from prosecuting it, which it did in December. On November 26, 2025, the new prosecutor, Pete Skandalakis, dropped all charges.

On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3, that Trump had immunity for acts he committed as president that were considered official acts, while also ruling that he did not have immunity for unofficial acts. On November 6, Trump won the 2024 election; Justice Department policy would have precluded prosecuting him after his inauguration; Smith (whom Trump had threatened to fire) resigned before Trump's inauguration. Therefore, the federal cases were both dismissed:

• Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the Florida case, ruling Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel was unconstitutional. The Office of the Special Counselappealed the dismissal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, but after Trump's 2024 election to the presidency, it asked the court to dismiss the case.
• The District of Columbia trial was put on hold in February 2024 while waiting for the Supreme Court to determine whether Trump is immune from prosecution. The case was returned to the District Court on August 2 to conduct hearings consistent with the Supreme Court's ruling. Following Trump's 2024 election to the presidency, however, the special counsel asked to dismiss the case.

Neither the indictments nor any resulting convictions would have disqualified his 2024 presidential candidacy. The Supreme Court separately addressed Trump's eligibility to be on the ballot and reversed all disqualifications by individual states.

In March 2026, a year into the second Trump presidency, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told the Conservative Political Action Conference that every Justice Department employee who had worked on the investigations — over 200 people, according to him — had departed.