Savannah Chrisley is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley in their 2022 bank fraud and tax evasion conviction.
Savannah, 27, spoke Wednesday with People about her hopes to gain an audience with Trump, who she supported during the 2024 election, speaking in July at the Republican National Convention.
‘I know that I am going through the proper channels to do so,’ the Atlanta native said of the pardon process. ‘And I’m going to bring as much awareness to it as possible because these things should not happen.’
Todd, 55, and Julie, 52, were found guilty by a Georgia jury of accusations of more than $30 million in bank fraud, and tax evasion, in November of 2022.
Todd is serving a 12-year sentence, which was later reduced to 10 years, while Julie is serving a seven-year sentence.
The couple – who were initially indicted in August 2019 – say they are innocent of the crimes they were convicted of, and have filed multiple appeals to have their sentences reversed.
Savannah Chrisley is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley in their 2022 bank fraud and tax evasion conviction. Pictured last July at the Republican National Convention
Savannah, 27, spoke Wednesday with People about her hopes to gain an audience with Trump, who she supported during the 2024 election, speaking in July at the Republican National Convention
‘We thought it was going to end differently,’ Savannah told People Wednesday. ‘We had lawyers who had told us it was going to end differently.
‘We stood in the truth, and we stood in what we knew to be the truth. We saw the corruption in Fulton County.
She continued, ‘We saw how the judge handled the case. We just saw all of it and we’re like, “There’s no way. There’s no way it’s going to end this way.” But, it did.’
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The Chrisley Knows Best star told the outlet of how the the family’s problems have impacted her, as she has taken over the role of legal guardian of her siblings Grayson, 18, and Chloe, 12, when she was 25.
‘I think that I’ve gone through a lot of s*** in my life, I really have,’ Savannah told the outlet. ‘And I’ve gone through a lot of things that I’ve never even publicly spoken about.
‘When you fight silent battles, resilience just comes. When you fight silent battles, there was no one that was there for you.’
The Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast host explained how she has become more resilient with age, wisdom and life experience.
‘Whether you didn’t allow someone to be there for you, or whether you just didn’t have people there, you just learned to pick yourself up,’ she said.
