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Julie Chrisley spoke out for the first time since she and husband Todd Chrisley were released from prison.
In a preview for the chapter Saturday, June 28, from My opinion with Lara Trump. where the couple will sit down with a girl Holy savanna and son Grayson Chrisley For their first TV interview, Julie, 52, remembered the moment he discovered that President Donald Trump had forgiven her and her husband.
“I call my (my daughter) Savannah again and said, ‘He did! He signed him!’ And I started to break out, ”Julie told the host Lara Trump. “And then I just hung up. I was so nervous until I just hung up. It was the craziest thing because unforutnatley, most of the news you get in prison is bad news. So they are like, ‘Are you right?’ And I’m like, ‘I’m! “
Todd, 56, divided the moment he realized that he was being released, explaining that he did not believe a co -prisoner who tried to tell him about the pardon. “So I went into my dorm and came one of the COs and it goes, ‘You’re good?’ And I said, ‘Comfort as I can be!’ And he said, ‘Today you have just had a pardon. And I said, ‘Well hell if I forgive, they don’t have to worry about me, I’m great!’
In May, Todd, 56, and Julie, 52, are pardoned by President Donald Trump have be convicted From 12 counts of tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy in June 2022. Todd was originally sentenced to 12 years in prison, while Julie received a seven -year sentence. The couple – who claimed to be innocent of any crimes – had been Behind bars since January 2023.
“It’s a terrible thing but it’s a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean,” Donald told Savannah, 27, during a phone call shared through X. “I hope we can do it by tomorrow. I don’t know them, but give them my memories. Wish them a good life.”
The President also claimed that Todd and Julie have received “pretty harsh treatment,” adding, “Congratulations your parents. I hear they are great people. This shouldn’t have happened.… They have good kids. You’re no longer kids, but I’ll say it anyway.
On May 28, Todd and Julie’s lawyers confirmed in statements to Weekly US that the pair has been official released from prison And they were on their way home to Nashville. The next day Savannah shared Her parents’ reunion through his Instagram story.
Savannah Chrisley has never surrendered hope to the freedom of her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley after their appropriate prison sentences. “In my mind, I’m like, ‘I can’t move on with my life,'” said Savannah on the December 2022 episode of his “unlocked” podcast. “Until I know they are going to be there, I can’t get (…)
Shortly after release, Todd conducted his innocence at a press conference, which Julie did not take part in. (Todd told reporters she was home with their adopted daughter, Chloe.)
“Although this pardon happened, I was still guilty of something I didn’t do. It could be you. It could be any of you,” he said.
When asked if he had any repentance about the case, he replied, “I would have repented if I did.”
