Todd and Julie Chrisley Pardoned by President Donald Trump amid Ongoing Case

Todd and Julie Chrisley have formally been pardoned of their ongoing case.

On Tuesday, Could 27, President Donald Trump introduced that he had granted Todd, 56, and Julie, 52, full pardons. The longtime couple had been beforehand convicted of tax evasion and financial institution fraud in 2022 earlier than reporting to jail in January 2023.

Trump, 78, additionally famous that Todd and Julie had been “given a pretty harsh treatment, based on what I’m hearing.”

“It’s a terrible thing, but it’s a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean,” Trump said to the couple’s children by way of cellphone name. “I hope we can do it by tomorrow. … I don’t know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good luck.”

The couple’s daughter, Savannah Chrisley, reacted to the information on Instagram Reside, saying, “My parents get to start their lives over! My phone is going bananas right now, but President Trump gave them a full, unconditional pardon and for that, I am forever grateful. Thank you, President Trump.”

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Savannah, 27, additionally celebrated the information of her dad and mom’ imminent launch in a press release, saying: “For the past two and a half years, I’ve done everything in my power to fight for my parents’ freedom and bring them home. This moment is the answer to countless prayers, and I am beyond grateful to President Trump for seeing the truth and restoring my family.”

“This administration does not hand out favors. It examines the facts and stands up for what is right. I also want to thank Alice Marie Johnson for her unwavering support and our attorney, Alex Little, for being an essential part of this process,” she continued.

“Today is a victory for our family, but the fight against wrongful convictions and injustice within our prison system is far from over. I will continue to use my voice and platform to advocate for those who do not have one,” she added. “Family is everything to me, and I will never stop fighting for what is right.”

Todd and Julie had been initially indicted in August 2019 earlier than being sentenced in November 2022 to a mixed 19 years in jail. They’d been interesting their case ever since.

Initially, Julie’s attraction was granted attributable to inadequate proof, whereas Todd’s was upheld. Nonetheless, a separate choose later dominated that her unique punishment was adequate. (Their unique sentences had been decreased in September 2023.)

Amid their imprisonment, Savannah had grow to be the only real caretaker of the pair’s youngest youngsters, Grayson, 19, and Chloe, 12, at simply 25 years outdated. (The couple additionally shares son Chase, 28, whereas Todd additionally had youngsters Lindsie, 35, and Kyle, 33, throughout a earlier marriage.)

“I wasn’t expecting to get two kids,” Savannah instructed PEOPLE in a February characteristic. “So, between that, legal expenses to fight for my parents, I am just like anyone else out here. Sure, I put a smile on my face. I look the part, I play the part. But it doesn’t mean I actually am the part. You fake it till you make it. That’s the world that we live in. … I’ve struggled.”

All of the whereas, the Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast host has continued to battle for her dad and mom’ return house. She even revealed to PEOPLE earlier this 12 months that that they had plans to hunt a pardon from Trump. (Savannah had beforehand spoken on the Republican Nationwide Conference in 2024 in help of Trump, and mirrored on her dad and mom’ predicament in her speech.)

“I know that I am going through the proper channels to do so,” the Good Girl RX founder stated. “And I’m going to bring as much awareness to it as possible because these things should not happen.”

Subsequent, the Chrisley household is gearing as much as star in an all-new docuseries for Lifetime. PEOPLE confirmed that the sequence, which succeeds USA Community’s Chrisley Is aware of Finest and Rising Up Chrisley, will see the brood “exposing the raw truth of their lives — past and present — and the reality is far different from what audiences have seen before.” It does not at the moment have a launch date and was initially not set to characteristic the famed patriarchs.