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Todd Chrisley break his silence about being released from prison Following a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.
“I want to thank the Lord and Savior because that’s who did me through it,” said Todd, 55, at a press conference on Friday, May 30, before his daughter Holy savanna. “She has fought a long fight and for any parent to see their child fighting as hard as this, it’s a sword with a double edge. It’s a blessing and then your heart breaks because your child is set in that situation.”
Todd, who was at the press conference without a wife Julie Chrisleysaid it would “Be always grateful” to Savannah27, for her efforts to be released. (Julie, 52, remained for her part, at home with an adopted 12 -year -old girl, Chloe.)
“Although this pardon had happened, I was still guilty of something I didn’t do. It could be you. It could be any of you,” Todd noted. He was later asked if he had any repentance for his case of fraud, and replied to him, “I would have repented if I did.”
Todd also confirmed that his family would return reality television. TheChrisley knows best Star spoke of a shocking fortune reversal in their case avoiding tax and fraud after President Trump allowed the two reality stars in Wednesday’s cleanliness, May 29, and were released from custody later the same day.
Todd and Julie were executed on tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy payments in 2019 and were ultimately found guilty. Todd was sentenced to 12 years in prison while his wife got seven years behind bars, in addition to the couple being ordered to pay $ 17.8 million in recovery. The Chrisleys maintained their innocence and continued to appeal against their sentences, previously mined in September 2023 nearly two years.
President Trump announced during Oval’s office call with the couple’s daughter Savannah on May 27 that he intends to give Todd and Julie a full pardon.
“It’s a terrible thing but it’s a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean,” said Trump in a shared clip through X. “I hope we can do it by tomorrow. I don’t know them, but give them my memories. (I) wish them a good life.”
Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley in April 2017.
Frazer Harrison/Getty imagesSavannah responded to the announcement by publicly thanking Trump and his Pardon Czar Alice Marie Johnson for supporting her two -year effort to release her parents. (Trump named Johnson as the first pardon of the Czar nation when he took office in January 2025. He would have Pardon previously Johnson for a non-violent drug offense for the first time in 2018 because in part due to lobbying of Kim Kardashian.)
“For the last two and a half years, I’ve done everything I can to fight for my parents’ freedom and bring them home,” said Savannah, 27, US Weekly. “This moment is the answer to countless prayers, and I am beyond grateful to President Trump for seeing the truth and restoring my family.”
She added, “I also want to thank Alice Marie Johnson for her unwavering support and our attorney, Alex Littlefor being an essential part of this process. Today is a victory for our family, but the fight against wrong convictions and injustice in our prison system is far from over. “
A tearful savannah was on hand when her father was Todd released From the federal prison camp in Pensacola, Florida on May 28, while Julie was released from a federal medical center in Lexington, Kentucky later that day.
“Todd has been released from prison and is on his way home to Nashville,” said a family spokesman Us Shortly after the release of the reality star.
During an interview with a local news station, Savannah said her parents were excited to Celebrate late Their 29th wedding birthday (which was on May 25).
“My parents have not spoken to each other, heard each other’s voices or saw each other during the last two and a half years,” Savannah, 27, told reporters.
He went on, “Their 29th birthday was May 25, so we’re only a few days out of that. So when they reunite, we’re going to celebrate birthdays, birthdays, Christmas, Christmas, all the things, because we’re going to make up for a lost time.”