Julie and Todd Chrisley have been convicted of defrauding Atlanta-area neighborhood banks out of greater than $30 million by means of fraudulent loans in 2022.
President Donald Trump on Might 27 introduced that he would quickly grant pardons to actuality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who have been convicted of financial institution fraud, tax evasion, and different monetary crimes.
The fact stars of the present “Chrisley Is aware of Finest” have been convicted of defrauding Atlanta-area neighborhood banks out of greater than $30 million by means of fraudulent loans in June 2022. The pair was additionally convicted of tax evasion.
Trump stated that he deliberate on pardoning the couple inside 24 hours.
Throughout a Tuesday name with Savannah Chrisley, the couple’s daughter, Trump stated, “Your mother and father are going to be free and clear and I hope that we will do it by tomorrow.”
Trump stated that the couple “was given fairly harsh therapy … I hear they’re terrific individuals, this could not have occurred.”
“Mr. President, I simply wish to say thanks for bringing my mother and father again,” son Grayson Chrisley instructed Trump throughout that decision.
Savannah Chrisley, who was left as sole caretaker of her youthful brother as sister, has lengthy pushed for the discharge of the couple. In a pardon petition, the household alleged that the conviction was primarily based on an unlawful raid and relied on compromised proof.
Savannah Chrisley additionally campaigned for Trump as a jail reform advocate. She spoke on the Republican Nationwide Conference in 2024.
Since being incarcerated, the Chrisleys have change into generally known as federal jail reform advocates, pushing for higher circumstances in federal prisons.
In November 2022, Todd was sentenced to 12 years in federal jail whereas Julie obtained a seven-year sentence. The couple has appealed their conviction and maintained their innocence.
A launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace for the Northern District of Georgia on the time stated that the couple had particularly defrauded Atlanta-area banks of greater than $36 million in private loans.
“The Chrisleys, with the assistance of their former enterprise accomplice, submitted false financial institution statements, audit stories, and private monetary statements to Georgia neighborhood banks to acquire the loans. The Chrisleys spent the cash on luxurious vehicles, designer garments, actual property, and journey—and used new fraudulent loans to pay again outdated ones.
“After spending all the cash, Todd Chrisley filed for chapter and walked away from greater than $20 million of those fraudulently obtained loans.”
Moreover, the U.S. legal professional’s workplace stated, they conspired to defraud the IRS with the help of Peter Tarantino, the couple’s accountant, who was additionally convicted.
“To evade assortment of half one million {dollars} in delinquent taxes owed by Todd Chrisley, the Chrisleys opened and stored the company financial institution accounts solely in Julie Chrisley’s title. However after the IRS requested details about financial institution accounts in Julie Chrisley’s title, the Chrisleys transferred possession of the company checking account to a relative to additional conceal their revenue from the IRS.”
Between 2013 and 2016, the couple didn’t file a tax return, based on the U.S. legal professional’s workplace.
The couple is greatest identified for his or her actuality TV present “Chrisley Is aware of Finest,” which adopted the household, centering round Todd—who offered himself as a profitable actual property tycoon. The present was filmed within the suburbs of Atlanta, earlier than transferring to Nashville throughout later seasons.
“Rising Up Chrisley,” a spin-off specializing in Chase and Savannah Chrisley, premiered in 2019.
The pardons come after Trump introduced that he would pardon Scott Jenkins, former sheriff of Virginia’s Culpeper County, who obtained a 10-year jail sentence following a federal bribery conviction.
In January, the president additionally issued broad pardons for a few of these arrested in reference to the occasions of Jan. 6, 2021.