“He did say, he was like, you know, you guys don’t look like terrorists,” influencer Savannah Chrisley told NewsNation’s “On Balance” Tuesday night in reflecting on her call with the president.
“But he just said that their sentences were outrageous and they were treated unfairly from everyone that he has spoken to, and that he wanted to bring my parents home and not just grant them a commutation, but he wanted to give them a full pardon as well.”
On Tuesday, the White House released a clip of the president assuring Savannah that the “Chrisley Knows Best” couple “are going to be free and clean.”
Todd and Julie were convicted of tax evasion and bank fraud in 2022. Todd, 56, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, while Julie, 52, received a seven-year sentence.
Federal prosecutors accused the couple, who starred in the USA Network’s “Chrisley Knows Best”, of submitting fake documents to banks in order to secure more than $30 million in loans – which they walked away from after declaring bankruptcy before the start of their reality TV careers.
At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., this past July, Savannah Chrisley delivered an emotional speech decrying the “inhumane” treatment of her parents and alleging that the Justice Department is “broken.”
“My family was persecuted by rogue prosecutors in Fulton County due to our public profile. I know Fulton County. They know how to do it, don’t they?” she said, referencing Atlanta DA Fani Willis bringing an election interference case against Trump.
“Due to our public profile and conservative beliefs, they accused my parents of fraud when really we were defrauded by a dishonest business partner who — and let’s not forget — the government gave full immunity to. We suffered warrantless rage and harassment — one of the officials even had my father’s face on a dart board in his office.”
The Chrisleys claim Todd’s ex-business partner Mark Braddock was involved in falsifying documents to help obtain the loans, then tipped off the feds and was offered immunity for giving up the couple.
Savannah Chrisley explained that she had “fought for the past two and a half years for my parents to come home” and praised Trump for giving them clemency.
“I have said from the very beginning, I believe in law and order, and if I believe that my parents were guilty of what they did, then yes, they should have gone to prison,” she added. “I do not believe that. Even if they were guilty, the time they got was, I mean, it was absolutely insane.”
“I brought up in our case, the huge Fourth Amendment violations, the illegal seizures, the fact that they had my father’s face on a dartboard, the IRS agent lying on the stand and referring to us as the Trumps of the South, and also accusing my family of terrorism just so they could run a financial report.”
Todd and Julie Chrisley marked their 29th wedding anniversary this past Sunday, and Savannah said that the whole family is “just super excited and eternally grateful to President Trump.”
“I brought up in our case, the huge Fourth Amendment violations, the illegal seizures, the fact that they had my father’s face on a dartboard, the IRS agent lying on the stand and referring to us as the Trumps of the South, and also accusing my family of terrorism just so they could run a financial report.”
Following their sentencing, Julie was sent to the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Ky., while Todd was shipped to the FPC Pensacola in Florida — both minimum security facilities.
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