Todd and Julie Chrisley RELEASED from prison after controversial Trump pardon

Todd and Julie Chrisley have officially been released from prison just one day after President Donald Trump pardoned him and his wife Julie.

Todd and Julie, who starred in the television show ‘Chrisley Knows Best’ and several spin-offs, were found guilty of defrauding banks out of $30 million in 2022.

Julie has been serving her prison sentence in Kentucky, while Todd was serving his in Florida. 

Early Wednesday evening, Todd was released from Federal Prison Camp Pensacola and Julie was released from FMC Lexington, according to Fox5.

They are now headed home to Nashville, Tennessee. 

Moments before Todd’s freedom, his and Julie’s daughter Savannah — who has become a MAGA fixture in recent years — spoke to the press outside his Florida prison.

She lauded President Trump, who personally called her on Tuesday to inform her of his decision to give her parents a ‘a full, unconditional pardon.’

Wearing a hot pink MAGA hat, Savannah told TMZ that she is ‘so grateful that I’m going to leave here with my dad’ after an ‘insane’ two years of her trying to get him and Julie freed.

She confirmed that her brother Grayson Chrisley is currently in Kentucky waiting to ‘pick up [their] mom’ from her prison facility.

‘President Trump signed the pardons at around 3pm this afternoon and it’s all due to President Trump, Alice Johnson, Ed Martin, all of them,’ she said.

‘They have truly just shown up and looked at [Todd and Julie’s] case with a fine-tooth comb and they’ve seen the corruption.’

After her call with Trump, the bonafide ‘MAGA Barbie’ arrived at her dad’s prison in Pensacola at 2 in the morning on Wednesday and has been waiting there since.

‘I have not gone to sleep. I did not bring any clothes with me. I did not bring a toothbrush with me. I brought absolutely nothing with me,’ she said with a laugh. 

‘I’m just a daughter that wants to take my dad home with me.’

When asked what Todd and Julie’s reactions were to Trump’s pardon, Savannah said that he was initially in total disbelief.

‘They didn’t believe it. [The pardon] literally came out of nowhere. As I said before, I was walking into the grocery store when I got the call from the president,’ she explained.

‘I was just in such shock and such awe that the president himself called me and took the time to let me know that my family’s coming back together.’

Savannah confirmed that her and Trump’s entire correspondence was captured ‘on video’ and the he had called to let her know that he was ‘reuniting [her] family.’

She also said that Trump and her younger brother Grayson Chrisley, 19, spoke briefly ‘about the University of Alabama where President Trump just gave the commencement speech.’

Grayson is currently a sophomore at the university located in Tuscaloosa.

‘So, it was absolutely amazing. It truly was just a human to human interaction and yes, he is our president but he’s also a person with a heart and who loves people well,’ Savannah gushed.

‘Over the last 24 hours, I’ve gotten so much love and so much hate. And I’ve had people say, “Hmmm, I wonder what she had to do to get this pardon?” I didn’t have to do anything.

‘I didn’t have to do anything other than stand firm in my beliefs and my convictions and fight for my parents and fight for what was right.’

Savannah went on to declare that President Trump has given all of the American people ‘hope and a brighter future’ since stepping into office — not just her family.

‘People like to say [Trump’s] for the wealthy, for people who have campaigned for him [but] he has truly given everyone a chance at a better life and for that I will forever be grateful.’ 

Savannah confirmed that her and her family, including Todd and Julie, will soon be returning to TV with a new reality show.

‘We have a new show coming out on Lifetime and it will document all of these things and we’re excited.’

Savannah concluded by crediting both ‘God and President Trump’ for bringing her family back together. 

White House aide Margo Martin revealed the pardon on Tuesday by posting video of the president on the phone with Savannah, captioning the post: ‘Trump Knows Best!’ a play on the couple’s breakout reality TV show title. 

While pushing for a pardon for her parents over the last two and a half years, Savannah has become a fixture in MAGAworld.

She attended the 2024 Republican National Convention and the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference – both events where Trump was the headliner and aides and allies were everywhere.

She appeared on the sidelines of last month’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The effort paid off when Savannah received the call from the Oval Office on Tuesday.

‘That’s a terrible thing, that’s a terrible thing,’ Trump told Savannah over the phone. ‘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, is that OK?’

Julie was supposed to serve time at the Federal Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky until January 2028.

Todd’s prison sentence kept him locked away at FPC Pensacola until April 2032, according to the Palm Beach Post.

‘I don’t know them, but them give my regards,’ Trump also said. ‘Wish them a good life.’

Savannah can be heard on the phone thanking the president and telling him her brother Grayson was on the line too.

Grayson piped up, ‘Mr. President, I just want to say thank you for bringing my parents back.’

‘Yeah, well, they were given a pretty harsh treatment from what I’m hearing,’ Trump said.

Savannah revealed more details about her call with Trump while appearing on NewsNation’s On Balance with Leland Vittert on Tuesday.

She said that Trump told her how he believed her parents were ‘treated unfairly’ and that he ‘wanted to give them a full pardon.’

‘He was like, you know, “You guys don’t look like terrorists to me.” His exact words, which was pretty funny,’ she added.

Savannah first reacted to the pardon news via Instagram on Tuesday in a lengthy clip after a video snippet of their call was shared by White House aide Margo Martin.

‘President Trump didn’t just commute their sentences, he gave them a full, unconditional pardon. So for that I am forever grateful. Thank you, President Trump,’ she told fans. 

Savannah then vowed to ‘stand next to [Trump] and [his] administration and to stand up to the corruption and to continue fighting for the men and women that are in prison.

‘I will repay your kindness to every person that I meet, so thank God for a president like Donald J. Trump,’ she said.

The pardoning of Todd and Julie Chrisley was met with intense backlash online, with many proclaiming there is ‘no justice anymore.’ 

On Reddit, one simply wrote: ‘What a world this is?’  

‘You can scam millions, evade taxes, and still walk free, just smile for the cameras and wait for a pardon,’ another said.

Echoing a similar sentiment, a third added: ‘There is no justice anymore.’

‘It’s great that they defrauded a bank out of millions of dollars and lied on their taxes and now they will have no consequences!’ another continued.

‘Reality TV grifters have to stick together!’ joked a sixth.

Another asked: ‘How do Republicans/MAGA justify this and sleep at night knowing they are supporting the pardoning of fraudsters?’

Fellow reality television star Joe Exotic was also among those who were angered by the pardon.

Joe is currently serving a 21-year sentence at FMC Forth Worth Federal Medical Center in Texas for conspiracy to commit murder-for hire.

He has been fighting for a pardon for the past five years.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, he said: ‘I have never been more disappointed in my life that President Trump is pardoning all of these people that have actually committed crimes and yet he leaves me here.’

He added: ‘I sit here innocent with two forms of cancer and can’t get his attention.’

Along with Todd and Julie Chrisley, Trump also used his pardoning power on several other individuals this week.

On Wednesday, former New York City congressman Michael Grimm had his 2014 tax fraud conviction forgiven.

Grimm, who represented Staten Island, served seven months in jail and carried out 200 hours of community service for the offense.

He won reelection in 2014 despite being under indictment for underreporting wages and revenue at a restaurant he ran. However, he resigned the following year after pleading guilty.

Grimm, who notoriously threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony during the 2014 State of the Union, was previously accused of having sex in the bathroom of a bar after spending more than 15 minutes locked away with a female friend.

Last year he was paralyzed from the chest down when he was thrown off a horse during a polo tournament.

Former NYC Council Member, Vincent Ignizio, started a GoFundMe for Grimm, asking for $2.5million in donations to pay for treatment to help him ‘walk again.’

The president also pardoned a labor union leader who pleaded guilty to failing to report gifts from an advertising firm.

James Callahan, of Lindenhurst, New York, was general president of the International Union of Operating Engineers when he accepted – but failed to properly report – receiving at least $315,000 in tickets to sporting events and concerts and other amenities from a company that the union used to place ads.

U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes was scheduled to sentence Callahan on Wednesday. On Tuesday, however, Callahan’s attorneys notified the court of Trump’s ‘full and unconditional’ pardon and asked for the sentencing hearing to be vacated.

Earlier this month, prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of six months for Callahan, calling him ‘one of the most powerful union leaders in the country.’

They said Callahan’s salary and other compensation topped $500,000 annually. Now retired and living in Florida, he has a net worth of more than $5 million, according to prosecutors.

Meanwhile, ex-Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover has had his sentence commuted.

Hoover has been serving multiple life sentences for murder and running a criminal enterprise.

He made his first court appearance in decades in September in an effort to win early release, reported the Chicago Tribune.

Hoover was already serving a 200-year state sentence for the murder of a rival when he was indicted in federal court in 1995.

He was charged with continuing to oversee his murderous drug gang from prison and was convicted in 1997 then sentencing to life in prison.

Trump also said Wednesday that he’s considering pardons for the men who plotted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

‘I’m going to look at it. I will take a look at it. It’s been brought to my attention,’ he said in the Oval Office on Wednesday. ‘I did watch the trial. It looked to me like somewhat of a railroad job, I’ll be honest with you.’

‘It looked to me like some people said some stupid things. You know, they were drinking, and I think they said stupid things,’ he added.

Trump claimed there was bipartisan support for the pardon.

‘A lot of people are asking me that question from both sides actually,’ he said. ‘A lot of people think they got railroaded. A lot of people think they got railroaded.’

In 2020, during Trump’s first term, federal prosecutors charged six people with conspiring to kidnap Whitmer.

On Monday, Trump pardoned a former Virginia sheriff who was to serve time for a cash-for-badges scheme.

The sheriff, Scott Jenkins, had been a Trump supporter, visiting the White House during the president’s first term and was utilized as a surrogate in Virginia on the campaign trail.

‘This Sheriff is a victim of an overzealous Biden Department of Justice, and doesn’t deserve to spend a single day in jail,’ Trump posted to Truth Social Monday afternoon.

Late last month, Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, who pointed out that his mother had raised millions for the Trump campaigns on his pardon application.

Walczak pleaded guilty of tax crimes days before the 2024 election and filed a pardon application shortly after inauguration.