President Trump instructed the daughter of disgraced actuality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley that her mother and father “don’t look like terrorists,” and privately conveyed his perception that they’d been handled unfairly whereas revealing his intention to pardon the couple.
“He did say he was like, you know, you guys don’t look like terrorists,” influencer Savannah Chrisley instructed NewsNation’s “On Balance” Tuesday evening in reflecting her name with the president.
“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.”
On Tuesday, the White Home launched a clip of the president assuring Savannah that the “Chrisley Knows Best” couple “are going to be free and clean.”
Todd and Julie had been convicted of tax evasion and financial institution fraud in 2022. Todd, 56, was sentenced to 12 years in jail, whereas Julie, 52, acquired a seven-year sentence.
Federal prosecutors accused the couple of submitting pretend paperwork to banks as a way to safe greater than $30 million in loans – which they walked away from after declaring chapter earlier than the beginning of their actuality TV careers.
