Alice Marie Johnson Addresses Julie Chrisley, Todd Chrisley's Pardons
The Chrisleys worked for their release.
After Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley returned home from prison following unexpected presidential pardons from Donald Trump, the White House credits their daughter Savannah Chrisley for the decision.
'The celebrity part really didn't play a role in this,' Pardon Czar Alice Marie Johnson shared on NewsNation Live May 29. 'I'm going to say that if they did not have a daughter like Savannah who was out there fighting for them, they would not have been pardoned.'
'These are everyday Americans who deserve a second chance,' she continued. 'I've really been looking at those who pose no safety risk, don't have victims of violent crimes. These people need to be returned to their families. They really get a chance to have a second shot at life.'
Alice commended Savannah, 27, for stepping up since her parents—who also share 28-year-old son Chase Chrisley, as well as Todd and ex-wife Teresa Terry's kids Lindsie Chrisley, 35, and Kyle Chrisley, 33—were convicted of tax evasion and wire fraud in 2022.
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'This woman has worked relentlessly for her parents,' she said. 'I know that everyone in prison wishes they had an advocate like Savannah Chrisley.'
The Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley host—the legal guardian of her younger siblings Grayson, 18, and Chloe, 11, since their arrest—had brought visibility to her parents' case, as well as appealing the decision with the courts.
After years of advocacy, Alice—whose sentence was commuted by Trump in 2018 after Kim Kardashian's criminal justice reform campaign—revealed that it was their eldest daughter who first received the news.
'I was there with the president when he called them, so he was the one who told them,' she explained. 'He called Savannah to let her know that her parents were being set free.'
Savannah shared insight into the emotional experience, telling E! News in a statement, 'For the past two and a half years, I've done everything in my power to fight for my parents' freedom and bring them home.'
'This moment is the answer to countless prayers, and I am beyond grateful to President Trump for seeing the truth and restoring my family,' she wrote. 'Today is a victory for our family, but the fight against wrongful convictions and injustice within our prison system is far from over. I will continue to use my voice and platform to advocate for those who do not have one.'
Keep reading for a closer look at Todd and Julie's legal saga, and tune into E! on June 1 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. to catch up on Chrisley Knows Best.
Indicted on Tax Evasion and Other ChargesTodd and Julie Found GuiltySentenced to Multiple Years in PrisonStarting Their SentencesNo ContactTodd Details Filthy Prison ConditionsSavannah Chrisley Speaks OutJulie's Prison Sentence OverturnedA Tearful ApologyPresident Donald Trump Pardons the Chrisleys
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