Savannah Chrisley Says Todd, Julie Hit ‘All-Time Low’ Earlier than Pardon
Savannah Chrisley recalled her mother and father, Todd and Julie Chrisley, hitting an “all-time low” earlier than they had been granted a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.
“I had simply reached some extent of, like, I’ve finished all the things I can do. At this level, there’s nothing extra I can do,” Savannah, 27, defined on My View with Lara Trump on Saturday, June 28.
Todd, 56, and Julie, 52 obtained a pardon from President Trump in Might following their 2022 conviction on 12 counts of tax evasion, financial institution and wire fraud and conspiracy. Todd was sentenced to 12 years behind bars whereas Julie was given seven years. (Each Chrisleys have all the time maintained their innocence.)
Within the household’s newest interview, Savannah insisted that the Chrisleys knew the “solely method out” for her mother and father was Trump successful final November’s presidential election.
“On a private degree, we watched the election collectively, and [my brother Grayson, 19] received to vote within the election for the primary time,” Savannah defined. “And once we had been watching it and noticed the president win, we each began sobbing and he simply grabbed me and hugged me as a result of we knew that was our solely method out.”
Todd then chimed in, “We owe because of God … and God touched President Trump’s coronary heart. God led the individuals to advocate for us. And so I’m grateful as a result of each night time I’d pray that God would return me residence to my spouse and my youngsters. And he did that, so I’m grateful.”
The Chrisleys revealed that Todd briefly received to personally thank President Trump through FaceTime as soon as he was free of jail.

Julie and Todd Chrisley in November 2019. Danielle Del Valle/Getty Pictures for E3 Chophouse Nashville
“[I told him,] ‘Thanks, you reunited me with my household,’” Todd confirmed.
Julie walked host Lara Trump – who’s married to President Trump’s son, Eric Trump – by means of the second she realized she was being pardoned.
“I name my Savannah yet another time and he or she stated, ‘He did it! He signed it!’ And I simply began busting out crying,” Julie mirrored. “After which I simply hung up. I used to be so nervous I simply hung up. It was the craziest factor as a result of sadly, many of the information that you simply get in jail is unhealthy information. In order that they’re like, ‘Are you OK?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m! I believe I’m getting out of right here!’”
Todd confessed that he didn’t really imagine it when a jail guard informed him that he was being granted clemency by the president.
The Chrisley Is aware of Finest star stated, “I went into my dorm and one of many CO’s got here in and he goes, ‘You good?’ And I stated, ‘Pretty much as good as I will be!’ And he stated, ‘Todd you simply received pardoned. They despatched me down right here to see in case you had been OK.’ And I stated, ‘Properly, hell, if I’m pardoned they don’t need to be fearful about me. I’m nice!’
Elsewhere within the interview, Todd admitted he was very conscious that his and Julie’s post-prison expertise was nothing like what most inmates undergo.
“We stepped out of jail,” Todd stated. “We walked into a house, began filming instantly, and new vehicles had been ordered, and we’re searching for homes, and we’re doing all of the issues that we have to be doing.”
He went on, “However all of those women and men don’t get to try this. After they come out, they don’t have a house to go to. They don’t have cash to go purchase meals.”
It was introduced in Might that the Chrisleys had already began filming a model new Lifetime docu-drama sequence about Todd and Julie’s post-prison life. (The Untitled Chrisleys Mission hasn’t obtained an official launch window from Lifetime right now.)
“The Chrisleys don’t know finest anymore,” Lifetime teased. “However they’re doing their finest to be there for one another.”