The Chrisleys join Tennessee list of those pardoned by Trump this year, here are the others
The couple, known for their Tennessee-based reality series "Chrisley Knows Best" and for their very public trial and convictions on bank fraud and tax evasion, are expected to receive full pardons from Trump after their original convictions in 2022.
The couple joins a list of 12 other people convicted in Tennessee whom President Trump pardoned.
Here is a list of those who received a pardon from the president this year.
In 2025, President Trump pardoned 12 people convicted in Tennessee.
Most of those pardoned were part of a group of anti-abortion protestors who traveled from across the country to block the entrance to a reproductive health clinic in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, in 2021. These protestors were convicted for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which was established in 1994 to prohibit anyone from preventing a person from accessing an abortion clinic.
Of the twelve pardoned in the state, only four lived in Tennessee:
Coleman Boyd of Bolton, Mississippi, was sentenced for conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services and violation of the FACE Act. He was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from his five-year probation sentence, conditioned upon six months of home detention. He was convicted in January 2024.
Caroline Davis of Michigan pleaded guilty in October 2023 to conspiracy to interfere with access to clinic entrances, aiding and abetting interference with access to clinic entrances, and interference with access to clinics. She was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from three years' probation and one year's nonreporting probation.
Eva Edl of Aiken, South Carolina, was sentenced for violating the FACE Act, conspiracy against rights and clinic access obstruction. She was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from her three-year probation sentence. She was convicted in April 2024.
Chester Gallagher, of Lebanon, Tennessee, was sentenced for conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services and violation of the FACE Act. He was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from 16 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release. He was convicted in January 2024.
Dennis Green, of Cumberland, Virginia, was sentenced for conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services and violation of the FACE Act. He was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from three years' supervised release, conditioned upon six months of home detention. He was convicted in January 2024.
Heather Idoni of Michigan was convicted of conspiracy against rights, violating the FACE Act and obstructing clinic access in January 2024. She was sentenced to 24 months' imprisonment and 36 months' supervised release. Idoni was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025.
Brian Kelsey of Germantown, Tennessee, was pardoned on March 11, 2025, from his 21 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release sentence. In 2023, Kelsey was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States and aiding and abetting the acceptance of excessive contributions.
Paul Place of Centerville, Tennessee, was convicted of violating the FACE Act in April 2024. Place was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from his three-year probation sentence.
Paul Vaughn, of Centerville, Tennessee, was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services and violation of the FACE Act in January 2024. He was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from his sentence of three years' supervised release, conditioned upon six months' home confinement.
Calvin Zastrow, of Michigan, was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services, violation of the FACE Act and clinic access obstruction. He was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025, from his sentence of six months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release, conditioned upon six months' home confinement. He was convicted in January 2024.
Eva Zastrow of Dover, Arkansas, was initially sentenced to three years' probation, but it was subsequently vacated and dismissed. Zastrow was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct access to a clinic providing reproductive health services, violation of the FACE Act and clinic access obstruction in April 2024. She was pardoned on Jan. 23, 2025.
James Zastrow of Eldon, Missouri, was convicted of violating the FACE Act in April 2024. Zastow was pardoned from his three-year probation sentence on Jan. 23, 2025.
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