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Julie and Todd Chrisley acquired federal pardons this week as a part of Donald Trump’s current blitz of releasing criminals from jail.
After serving two years and a few change of his huge 12-year sentence on fraud and conspiracy, Todd is free.
She couldn’t assist however gush over her father’s alleged “jacked” post-prison physique.
TV personalities Savannah Chrisley and Todd Chrisley attend the 51st Academy of Nation Music Awards at MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment on April 3, 2016. (Photograph Credit score: David Becker/Getty Pictures)
Todd Chrisley is out of jail and is now ‘jacked’
Late on Wednesday, Might 28, Savannah Chrisley took to her Instagram Story to precise her happiness in a video.
Todd Chrisley had been launched from the Federal Jail Camp in Pensacola, Florida.
Her Story movies confirmed the journey dwelling to Nashville, Tennessee.
In a Might 28, 2025 Instagram Story publish, Savannah Chrisley introduced that her freshly launched father, Todd Chrisley, was now “jacked.” (Picture Credit score: Instagram)
Throughout the Story video, Savannah asks her father: “What are you trying to get me to do?”
Todd proffers his arm, inviting her: “Feel that muscle.”
Savannah places her hand on his higher arm, saying:
“Y’all, I’m not gonna lie, it’s hard. It’s hard. Jacked.”
Chrisley Is aware of Finest highlighted the highs and lows of Julie Chrisley’s marriage. (Picture Credit score: USA)
Julie can be free
Like Todd, Julie can be not in jail. She had been serving on the Federal Medical Middle in Lexington, Kentucky.
Todd’s sentence had been for 12 years. Julie’s had been for 7.
Now that Trump has pardoned them as a part of a battery of pardons to individuals who financially or in any other case help him, the Chrisleys should not solely out of jail, however not must pay restitution to their victims.
Todd and Julie Chrisley on an episode of their horrible actuality present. (Picture Credit score: USA)
As we’ve mentioned, these have been significantly harsh sentences for non-violent crimes.
Doing issues like defrauding a financial institution to take out huge loans is totally immoral and a criminal offense, however spending most of — or greater than — a decade in jail appeared extreme.
After all, the simply answer wouldn’t have been a pardon. Government clemency additionally permits a president to commute federal sentences.
The pardon reverses righteous convictions alongside probably extreme sentences.
Actuality TV star Savannah Chrisley speaks on the RNC, a large “police” picture on the wall behind her. One of many core unstated values of conservatism is that there’s an in-group that legal guidelines defend however don’t limit, and an out-group that legal guidelines limit however don’t defend. (Photograph Credit score: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Is there a silver lining to this?
Along with allegedly getting swole or no matter Todd Chrisley appeared to do in jail, he did increase the alarm concerning the inhumane circumstances behind bars.
One has to contemplate that, if the “nice” federal jail the place a wealthy white celeb serves his sentence for white collar crimes is such an terrible place, different amenities could be worse.
No matter we consider their sentence, Todd and Julie Chrisley have made it abundantly clear that they aren’t good folks.
Their pardon is a case of 1 felony releasing one other.
Critics have mentioned that Todd and Julie Chrisley didn’t appear to assume that legal guidelines apply to them. In 2025, it turned out that they have been type of proper. (Picture Credit score: USA)
That doesn’t change the significance of jail reform.
As a society, we must always design jail amenities as we might if we knew that harmless folks can be imprisoned there. (And we do know that)
Todd and Julie aren’t harmless, however they’re out anyway.
And so they carry with them reminiscences of injustices and hardships confronted inside our nation’s carceral system.
We’d like to see them proceed to advocate for improved jail circumstances, maybe on the household’s new actuality collection. However we’re probably not optimistic sufficient to hope that one thing good would possibly occur. Not in 2025.
