Judge Merchan sentences Trump to unconditional discharge on 34 felony counts

Judge Merchan sentences Trump to unconditional discharge with no jail, fine, or probation

On January 10, 2025, Judge Juan Merchan sentenced president-elect Donald Trump to an unconditional discharge on all 34 felony counts, saying any custodial sentence would encroach on the presidency — leaving Trump the first convicted felon to take the oath of office ten days later

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Jack Smith evidence sufficient to convict Trump but election blocked prosecution

Special Counsel Jack Smith released his 137-page final report on January 14, 2025, concluding his office had enough evidence to convict Trump at trial — but that Trump's re-election made prosecution constitutionally impossible under DOJ policy

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Jack Smith's final report says Trump would have been convicted if he hadn't won

Special Counsel Jack Smith released Volume 1 of his final report on January 14, 2025, documenting the evidence against Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election and concluding that the evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial had Trump not won re-election

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Jack Smith charges Trump with 37 felonies for keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago

Federal prosecutors charged former President Donald Trump on June 8, 2023, with 31 counts under the Espionage Act for willfully retaining national defense secrets and six additional counts for obstructing the government's retrieval effort

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Jack Smith indicts Trump on four counts for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election

Special Counsel Jack Smith charged Donald Trump on August 1, 2023, with four felony counts for running a multi-state scheme to keep himself in power after losing the 2020 presidential election