As U.S. President-elect Donald Trump prepared to reenter the White House in January 2025, social media users questioned whether he had ever been convicted of any felonies.
One particularly prominent video showed conservative media personality Megyn Kelly at a September 2024 conference, hosted by the “All-In” podcast, discussing Trump’s civil and criminal legal challenges. The footage was shared to X with a caption that claimed he had never been convicted of any felonies: “Psst…. Trump has never been convicted of anything.”
Other X users replied to that X post in agreement, with comments such as: “No he hasn’t” and: “Yep!! Not Convicted.” One user elaborated: “Zero convictions, I can’t stand liberals and Democrats man they make me physically sick man I love Megan Kelly thank God they pushed her this way.”
In short, it is inaccurate to say that Trump has never been convicted of any felonies. In May 2024, he became the …