Read all of PolitiFact’s coverage on Donald Trump indictments

LAST UPDATED: July 16, 2024

PolitiFact has been fact-checking and monitoring the indictments of former President Donald Trump.

A unanimous Manhattan jury on May 30 found former President Donald Trump guilty of all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. It’s unclear how this conviction could affect the presidential race but, no matter what happens, Trump is still allowed to run for president. 

Trump was indicted by federal grand juries for crimes related to 2020 election interference and his handling of classified documents. 

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed the documents indictment against Trump July 15 ruling that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed. Prosecutors are expected to appeal.

Trump was also indicted by a Fulton County grand jury for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

Here’s our key coverage of four indictments in one place.

Manhattan district attorney’s case over Trump’s business practices relating to “hush money” payment to Stormy Daniels

Indictment date: April 4, 2023

• Fact-check: No, former President Donald Trump didn’t ‘blow off his post-sentencing probation report’

• Fact-check: Donald Trump is likely able to vote in November despite felony conviction

• Can felony convictions hinder Trump’s international travel? Here’s what we know

• Fact-checking Trump’s speech at Trump Tower after New York felony conviction

• Fact-check: Does Trump’s felony conviction bar him from owning a gun?

• Trump guilty in NY trial: Can he still run for president or vote as a convicted felon?

• Fact-check: Trump trial judge didn’t overrule all defense objections and sustain all prosecution objections

• Following guilty verdict, fact-checking Donald Trump on Biden’s role, being a ‘political prisoner’

• Fact-check: Claim that conviction makes Donald Trump ineligible for presidential run is from satirical account

• Fact-checking the False claim that the Trump’s NY jury verdict doesn’t have to be unanimous

• Trump N.Y. trial countdown: What happens after the jury’s verdict?

• Why it’s unlikely that Trump will lose his voting rights if convicted of a felony in New York

• Trump New York trial: Do statements by other Republicans violate gag order?

• Fact-check: Trump evidence summary that omitted some phone call records is standard, not tampering, experts say

• Trump says the FEC saw no merit in Stormy Daniels-related case. Here’s why that’s misleading.

• Fact-check: A gag order does not prevent Donald Trump from testifying in court

• Fact-check: Judge in Trump’s criminal trial didn’t threaten to arrest Trump specifically over son’s graduation

• Old altered photo of Stormy Daniels doesn’t show her arriving at Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial

• Fact-check: Trump says business records case about hush money is a “Biden trial.” It’s a Manhattan trial

• Fact-check: Trump misleads on jury selection, request to Judge Merchan for time off

• Fact-check: Former President Donald Trump attended Ivanka Trump’s college graduation

• Fact-check: No, Stormy Daniels didn’t ‘exonerate’ Donald Trump

• A fact-checker’s guide to Trump’s first criminal trial: business records, hush money and a gag order

• Fact-check: Did Trump release a ‘bombshell’? No. Stormy Daniels quickly recanted this 2018 letter.

• Read the 34 felony charges in the Donald Trump indictment over the Stormy Daniels payoff 

• Stormy Daniels’ order to pay Trump in failed defamation lawsuit is unrelated to NY case 

• Timeline: What Donald Trump has said about Stormy Daniels and $130,000 payment 

• Fact-checking Trump on the Stormy Daniels case: The statute of limitations and the FEC’s role 

• Fact-checking Trump’s post-indictment speech at Mar-a-Lago about Stormy Daniels payment 

• Q&A: Can Trump run for president if indicted in Stormy Daniels case? What happens if he’s arrested?

Fulton County, Ga., indictment of Trump for a criminal conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.

Indictment date: August 14, 2023

• Fact-check: Did Fulton County DA Fani Willis campaign to ‘get Trump’? No, she didn’t say that

• Fact-check: 8 Pants on Fire statements by Donald Trump about Georgia 2020 election

• Read Donald Trump’s indictment in the Georgia Election Interference investigation 

• Fact-check: Donald Trump’s misleading attack ad on Fani Willis’ gang member ‘relationship’ and crime 

• Here’s what Donald Trump asked Georgia election officials in phone call about 2020 election 

• What did Trump say in the other phone calls to Georgia officials? 

• Donald Trump falsely claims Georgia victory in recorded call 

• Trump’s Pants on Fire comment about the Georgia election phone call 

• What was the fake elector plot by Trump allies following the 2020 election?

Federal indictment of Trump for actions around Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and fake electors scheme.

Indictment date: Aug. 1, 2023.

• What Supreme Court’s immunity ruling means for Trump’s cases and, potentially, future presidents

• The Supreme Court will decide Donald Trump’s immunity case. Here are the arguments.

• Fact-check: The criminal prosecutions against Trump are not ‘just like the Cuban regime’

• Why did it take the DOJ more than two years to indict Donald Trump in the 2020 election case?
   
• How will prosecutors show that Donald Trump knowingly repeated election fraud falsehoods?
   
• Fact-check: Donald Trump’s false and misleading responses after charges over role in Jan. 6 riot
   
• What the indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, tells us about Donald Trump’s actions
• Who is Jack Smith, special counsel for Trump classified documents, 2020 election indictments?
   
• Donald Trump indictment: What to know about 2020 election, Jan. 6 investigation and charges

• What to know about 2020 election, Jan. 6 investigation and charges 

• Read Donald Trump’s indictment in the Jan. 6 investigation 

• Trump lawyer’s claim that indictment attacks First Amendment rights is dubious, experts say 

• What Donald Trump, Hunter Biden and Devon Archer have in common: a news cycle 

• What the indictment about the 2020 election and Jan. 6, 2021, tells us about Donald Trump’s actions

• What we know about the Jan. 6 committee’s criminal referrals 

• What the Jan. 6 hearings revealed about Trump’s actions before and after the Capitol attack 

• What was the fake elector plot by Trump allies following the 2020 election? 

• The 2021 Lie of the Year: Lies about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and its significance 

Federal indictment of Trump, others for the handling of classified documents

Indictment date: June 9, 2023

• Trump classified documents case: What’s next after Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal

• Fact-check: Trump falsely claims Biden had FBI ready to shoot to kill during Mar-a-Lago search

• Fact-check: “Bombshell: Biden had pallets of classified docs sent to Mar-a-Lago before FBI raid! Trump was setup.”

• Read the Mar-a-Lago search warrant, what agents took 

• Read Donald Trump’s indictment in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents investigation

• 9 Trump claims about the Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe, fact-checked 

• Trump indicted in classified documents case: Here’s the timeline 

• Can Donald Trump run for president if charged and convicted of removing official records? 

• The differences in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s classified document cases 

• Yes, Bill Clinton kept tapes in his sock drawer. Here’s why Trump’s case is different. 

• Fact-checking Donald Trump’s Bedminster speech following documents indictment

• Fact-check: Trump indictment involves more than 300 classified documents, not ‘a couple dozen’

• Fact-check: Trump says he ‘cooperated far more’ than Biden in classified documents cases. Pants on Fire!