No, Donald Trump’s felony conviction hasn’t been overturned

Former President Donald Trump’s legal battles are not over, contrary to a widely shared social media post claiming otherwise.

"Trump's convictions have all been overturned and he is getting his $500,000,000.00 back!" the viral Oct. 10 Threads post said. "Proven in the appellate courts that it was all political and a sham."

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Trump’s court cases have not been overturned, and he has not been awarded $500 million. 

A New York jury in May convicted Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records related to hush money payments to an adult film actor. The judge overseeing that case moved sentencing to November, but after the presidential election. Trump has appealed the verdict and is seeking to move it from state court to federal court.

Trump is also embroiled in other court matters. In January, a different New York jury ruled against Trump in a civil defamation lawsuit brought by author E. Jean Carroll, awarding Carroll $83 million in damages. Trump has appealed the decision.

Trump also faces charges in Georgia over what prosecutors argue were attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. In March, a judge dismissed some of the 13 charges against Trump and other defendants but not the entire case, which is yet to reach trial. Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has appealed the dismissal of those charges while Trump’s legal team is seeking in a pretrial appeal to have Willis removed from the case.

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Trump has had two major legal victories in July. The Supreme Court ruled that presidents, including Trump, have immunity from prosecution when carrying out official acts as office holders. In July, a federal judge in Florida dismissed a criminal case against Trump for withholding classified documents. However, the case is not over; Special Counsel Jack Smith has appealed that decision.

Smith has also refiled charges against Trump in Washington, D.C., in a case about federal election interference. The charges were refiled to comply with the Supreme Court’s judgment on presidential immunity.

We found no news record of Trump successfully having his only conviction, in the New York falsified records case, overturned and there is no record of him getting $500 million back.

We rate the claim that Trump’s convictions have been overturned False.