Savannah Chrisley, the daughter of reality TV couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, praised President Donald Trump ahead of her father's release from a Florida prison.
“It’s all God and President Trump,” she told the press on Wednesday night.
The Chrisleys, best known for their Chrisley Knows Best TV show, were serving prison sentences for fraud and tax evasion. They were convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 12 years (Todd) and seven years (Julie).
Todd Chrisley, 57, had been incarcerated at a minimum security prison camp in Pensacola, Florida, while Julie Chrisley, 52, had been imprisoned at a Lexington, Kentucky, facility. They were both freed on Wednesday, according to Shannen Sharpe, a spokesperson for the couple’s lawyer.
The White House confirmed the couple’s full pardons on Tuesday, and Trump signed them on Wednesday afternoon.
“They didn’t believe it, it literally came out of nowhere,” Savannah said of her parents.
She said she was in a grocery store when she received a call from the president, and that she told her parents the news.
“It was amazing, my mom was in tears,” she said.
“I didn't have to do anything, other than stand firm in my beliefs and convictions and fight for my parents and fight for what was right,” she added.
Savannah said the process had been “absolutely insane.”
“I'm just so grateful that I'm gonna leave here with my dad,” she added. “My brother Grayson is there to pick up my mom, so he's waiting. President Trump signed the pardons, I think, at around 3 p.m. this afternoon, and it's all due to President Trump, Alice Johnson, Ed Martin, all of them, they have truly just shown up, and they've looked at this case with a fine tooth comb, and they've seen the corruption.”
“And for many people that may not understand why this pardon is happening, there were Fourth Amendment violations,” she claimed.
Savannah went on to say that her father’s face had been placed on a “dart board.”
“I got here at well, I think it was 2 a.m. last night, and I have not gone to sleep,” she said. “I did not bring any clothes with me. I did not bring a toothbrush with me. I brought absolutely nothing with me, because I'm just a daughter who wants to take my dad home with me. “
“I was walking into the grocery store when I got the call from the president, and I was just in such shock and in such awe that the president himself called me and took the time to let me know that my family was coming back together,” said Savannah. “I will forever be grateful that we have an administration that is reuniting families.”
The daughter added that her parents have been “behind walls for two and a half years, and they thought they were going to be here for 12 and seven years. So I think it's going to there's going to be some PTSD.”
“There's going to be just the way that this system has been run is ... not one that takes individuals' mental health ... into account. So it's going to be a journey. But honestly, with God on our side and with the support system that we have, I have a feeling that God is going to repay us tenfold,” she said.
Chrisley Knows Best showed a close family with a luxurious lifestyle. At the couple’s trial in 2022, prosecutors argued that the couple spent large amounts of money on expensive cars, designer clothes, properties, and travel after taking out fraudulent bank loans to the tune of millions of dollars and shielding their income from tax authorities.
Trump revealed his intention to pardon the couple on Tuesday, claiming that they had been “given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I’m hearing.”
Alex Little, the couple’s lawyer, said on Tuesday that the pardon “corrects a deep injustice” and that the Chrisleys had been “targeted because of their conservative values and high profile.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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