Todd and Julie Chrisley
- Status
- Pardon granted
- Clemency
- Pardon · May 28, 2025
- People
- Donald Trump
- The case
- Bank fraud and tax evasion convictions (2022); restitution of $17.3 million (Todd) and $4.7 million (Julie) per the Justice Department’s clemency list.
THE LINK TO TRUMP’S ORBIT
Daughter Savannah Chrisley spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention and campaigned for Trump. NBC News reported that Brett Tolman, a former federal prosecutor who advised the White House on pardons, helped the Chrisleys.
WHAT THE RECORD SHOWS
ABC News reported on May 28, 2025, citing a source familiar with the situation, that both had been released from Bureau of Prisons custody after the pardons were signed that day. NBC News cited Savannah Chrisley’s Republican National Convention speech, in which she suggested her parents were targeted for being conservative, as an example of pardon seekers’ relatives appearing in “MAGA-friendly spaces.”
RESPONSE
Savannah Chrisley and her brother Chase publicly thanked Trump, ABC News reported. Savannah Chrisley called it a “misconception” that she had paid for a pardon for her parents, saying she “begged for meetings,” NBC News reported; Tolman did not respond to NBC’s request for comment.
Correction. An earlier version put Todd Chrisley’s restitution at $17.8 million. The Justice Department list gives $17.3 million. Corrected September 18, 2026.
SOURCES
- NPR: Who has President Trump pardoned and why? ↗
- Wikipedia: List of people granted executive clemency in the second Trump presidency ↗
- U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Pardon Attorney: Clemency grants by President Donald J. Trump (2025-present) ↗
- ABC News: Todd and Julie Chrisley released from prison after Trump’s pardon ↗
- NBC News: Trump pardons drive a big, burgeoning business for lobbyists ↗
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