This Chrisley is aware of it’s finest to help from afar.
After Savannah Chrisley revealed on Tuesday that her mother and father, Todd and Julie Chrisley, had been being pardoned by President Donald Trump, her older half sister, Lindsie Chrisley, took to social media to share a refined response after a yearslong household rift.
The podcaster, 35, wrote on her Instagram Tales, “With God all things are possible.”
Trump, 76, pardoned Todd, 56, and Julie, 52, after they had been discovered responsible of financial institution fraud and tax evasion in 2022. The couple’s 10-season actuality present, “Chrisley Knows Best,” ended the next yr.
The Chrisleys had been indicted in 2019, with federal prosecutors accusing them of submitting faux paperwork to banks in an effort to garner greater than $30 million in loans.
Todd acquired a 12-year jail sentence, whereas Julie was sentenced to seven years. The pair have maintained their innocence.
“It’s a terrible thing, but it’s a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean,” Trump advised Savannah, 27, in a video posted to X on Tuesday. “I hope we can do it by tomorrow. I don’t know them, but give them my regards. Wish them a good life.”
Years of household drama performed out publicly between Todd, Julie, Savannah, her brother Chase, 28, and their half sister. Lindsie and Kyle Chrisley’s mom is Teresa Terry, Todd’s first spouse.
In 2023, Lindsie set the report straight on the place she stands together with her dad and stepmom.
“There were some rumors that went around after our last podcast episode that the reason that I have not seen Julie was because she doesn’t want to see me, and that is just untrue,” she stated on her podcast. “Finally, I have been able to communicate over [her prison’s] form of email for the first time, but also her email is very delayed. Dad’s is very different. You can send him an email and you will hear back within maybe two hours.”
However issues aren’t mended between sisters, as Lindsie acknowledged on a 2024 podcast episode.
“It’s mind-blowing to me, the control and manipulation. It very much alarms me, and I’m just going to leave it at that,” she stated earlier than including that her relationship with Savannah is “nothing.”
Savannah then took to her Instagram Tales to make clear that she requested her older sibling to not come to her mother and father’ court docket listening to as a result of “she was not wanted” and Todd “did not want her there and that he didn’t care to have a relationship with her.”
Addressing when she final had in-person contact with the “Chrisley Knows Best” patriarch, Lindsie revealed on her “Southern Tea” podcast in March, “The last time I visited my dad, probably … was it the beginning of last year?”
“I can’t even honestly remember … I have not seen my dad in quite some time and I have had no contact. And that’s all I’m going to say for that.”
After information of Todd and Julie’s pardon broke, Savannah advised NewsNation’s “On Balance” that Trump advised her, “You guys don’t look like terrorists.”
“But he just said that their sentences were outrageous and they were treated unfairly from everyone that he has spoken to, and that he wanted to bring my parents home and not just grant them a commutation, but he wanted to give them a full pardon as well.”
The previous “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” contestant additionally took to Instagram to share the excellent news in a tearful video.
“The president called me personally as I was walking into Sam’s Club and notified me that he was signing pardon paperwork for both of my parents,” Savannah started. “So both my parents are coming home tonight [Tuesday] or tomorrow [Wednesday], and I still don’t believe it’s real. I’m freaking out — the fact that the president called me.”
She continued, “I will forever be grateful for President Trump, his administration and everyone along the way, all of my lawyers, the people who put in countless hours and effort and love for my family to make sure that my parents got home.”
“My parents get to start their lives over … President Trump didn’t just commute their sentences, he gave them a full unconditional pardon. So for that, I am forever grateful.”
Chase, in the meantime, completely advised The Submit, “I am grateful to God and extremely grateful to President Trump and his entire administration. I’m beyond thankful to finally have my parents back home and my family together again!”
