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He noted this would likely occur sometime on Wednesday. The two are currently serving seven- and 12-year sentences for tax evasion and fraud and were found guilty of these charges back in 2022. More on this story, below.
Announcement Made On Social Media
Margo Martin, who oversees the Official White House Account—Special Assistant to the President and Communications Advisor on X (formerly known as Twitter), posted a video of the president on the phone with the couple’s daughter, Savannah Chrisley. Martin writes in the caption, “BREAKING! President Trump calls @_ItsSavannah_ to inform her that he will be granting full pardons to her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley! Trump Knows Best!”
In the video, Trump tells Savannah from a phone in the Oval Office, “It’s a terrible thing, but it’s a great thing because your parents are going to be free and clean, and I hope we can do it by tomorrow.”
He added, “I don’t know them, but give them my regards.”
More on The Chrisleys
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The couple launched to fame after their successful reality show, ‘Chrisley Knows Best’ run. Sadly, Julie and Todd were convicted of conspiring to defraud community banks of over $30 million in fraudulent loans as well as tax evasion.
It’s been reported that the couple’s daughter, Savannah, had been lobbying for a pardon for some time now. In February of this year, she told People she was “… going through proper channels.”
As per an Instagram post, Savannah also had lunch at the White House in February and spoke at the Republican National Convention in 2024. This is when she criticized the prosecutors who brought her parents’ case.
Earlier in May, the reality star was also on ‘My View’, a television show hosted by Laura Trump, the president’s daughter-in-law, which airs on Fox News.
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