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New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Todd and Julie Chrisley are returning to reality TV after prison releases, daughter Savannah says
The Chrisleys are making their reality TV comeback. Savannah Chrisley confirmed that her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley are getting another reality show following their prison releases. 'We have a new show coming out on Lifetime, and it will document all of these things,' Savannah, 27, told reporters Wednesday outside the Pensacola, Florida prison where her dad was serving his sentence, per Today. 10 Todd, Julie and Savannah Chrisley at the 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards in 2017. Getty Images for ACM 'We're excited. We literally could not have done it,' Savannah added. 'It's all God and President Trump at this point.' 'The show is still filming and will continue to, though the family's situation is evolving rapidly,' a source told People on Wednesday. 'No one knew this pardon would happen and the goal is to cover their lives in real time, but things have significantly changed for them all and everyone in the family, as well as producers, are trying to figure it out and tell their authentic story.' On Tuesday, Trump, 78, announced he was pardoning the Chrisley parents after they were sentenced to prison for tax evasion and fraud in 2022. Federal prosecutors found them guilty of faking documents to obtain over $30 million in loans, and then dumping them by declaring bankruptcy. 10 President Donald Trump at the White House. Getty Images 10 Julie and Todd Chrisley attend the grand opening of E3 Chophouse Nashville in 2019. Getty Images for E3 Chophouse Nashville Todd, 56, served just over two years of his 12-year sentence at FPC Pensacola in Florida, while Julie, 52, was behind bars at FMC Lexington in Kentucky for a seven-year prison term. Both stars were released from prison Wednesday. Savannah shared a video of her dad looking 'jacked' while on his journey home to Tennessee. Outside her father's prison, Savannah, who was wearing a pink 'Women for Trump' jacket, told reporters that her parents haven't communicated since they reported to prison in Jan. 2023. 10 Savannah Chrisley speaking to reporters outside her dad's prison in Florida. FOX10 News 10 Savannah Chrisley in Pensacola, Fla. on May 28. AP 'When they reunite, we're going to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases, all the things, because we're going to make up for the lost time,' said Savannah. 'But I wouldn't have it any other way.' The 'Special Forces' star also said that she's thankful to God for her parents' prison sentences 'because it opened my eyes to something so much greater than ourselves.' 10 Todd and Julie Chrisley with their son Kyle. 10 Todd and Julie Chrisley. Julie Chrisley /Instagram Trump delivered the news of the pardon to Savannah from the Oval Office. 'This should not have happened,' the president told Savannah by phone. 'They were given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I'm hearing.' 'Your parents are going to be free and clean,' Trump added. 'I don't know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good life.' 10 Savannah Chrisley takes a selfie with her dad Todd. savannahchrisley/Instagram 10 Julie and Todd Chrisley. chasechrisley/Instagram Savannah previously teased in February that the Chrisleys were getting a new reality show. 'A network already said they want it. They want it on air [on] August 11th, which, ironically, is my birthday. So, we'll see,' she told People. 10 Savannah Chrisley speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Getty Images 'Chrisley Knows Best,' which starred Savannah, her parents, and her siblings Chase, Lindsie, Kyle and Grayson, aired on the USA Network from 2014 to 2023. The show was canceled after Todd and Julie's guilty verdicts. After Trump announced his pardoning plans, Chase, 28, exclusively told The Post, 'I am grateful to God and extremely grateful to President Trump and his entire administration. I'm beyond thankful to finally have my parents back home and my family together again!'
New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
‘Jacked' Todd Chrisley shows off his new physique as he heads home from prison with daughter Savannah after Trump pardon
Todd Chrisley couldn't help but flex his muscles in celebration of his freedom ride home from prison following President Trump's pardon. The 'Chrisley Knows Best' alum, 56, was freed first from FPC Pensacola in Florida after serving just over two years of his 12-year sentence for tax evasion and fraud. His wife Julie, for her part, was let out of FMC Lexington in Kentucky, where she had been serving out a seven-year prison term. Advertisement 7 Savannah Chrisley documented her father's freedom ride from prison. Instagram/Savannah Chrisley On Wednesday night, Todd's eldest daughter Savannah, 27, documented his journey home to Tennessee from jail in a series of videos shared on her Instagram Story. In one clip, Todd appeared excited to be on the home stretch as he joked about getting 'jacked' during his time behind bars. Advertisement Todd could be seen flexing his bicep muscles in the backseat of the vehicle, as he urged his daughter to 'feel that muscle' — as she refrained from showing her father's face on camera. 'Y'all I'm not gonna lie, it's hard,' Savanah said in the clip, seemingly impressed with her father's new physique. 7 Todd Chrisley flexed his muscles in celebration of his release from prison. Instagram/Savannah Chrisley 7 The 'Chrisley Knows Best' alum, 56, was freed first from FPC Pensacola in Florida after serving just over two years of his 12-year sentence for tax evasion and fraud. NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Advertisement In the background, Savannah's hairstylist pal Tyler Bishop — who was taking the father-daughter duo from Florida to Tennessee — was heard yelling, 'Todd is jacked!' In another video, Savannah revealed that she had 'puked' several times during their car ride home after they had struck a possum. Todd, who was laughing in the background of the clip, complained about the smell in the vehicle, adding, 'I didn't have to deal with this in prison!' 7 'Y'all I'm not gonna lie, it's hard,' Savanah said, seemingly impressed with her father's new physique. Instagram/Savannah Chrisley Advertisement 7 Todd joked about getting 'jacked' during his time behind bars. Instagram/Savannah Chrisley The reality stars first reported to prison in 2023 after being convicted of fraud and tax evasion. Federal prosecutors found them guilty of faking documents to obtain over $30 million in loans, and then dumping them by declaring bankruptcy. On Tuesday, Trump announced plans to pardon the Tennessee couple and followed through the following day. Savannah, wearing a pink 'Women for Trump' jacket, told reporters outside the minimum-security prison camp in Pensacola on Wednesday that the family can't wait to get settled back home. 'We just want to get home. We want to be reunited,' Savannah told reporters. 'My parents have not spoken to each other, heard each others' voices or seen each other in the past 2.5 years.' The president delivered the news to Savannah from the Oval Office, saying her parents' sentences were 'pretty harsh.' 'This should not have happened,' the president told Savannah by phone. 'They were given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I'm hearing.' Advertisement 7 Reality stars and convicted fraudsters Todd and Julie Chrisley were released from federal prison Wednesday night. Getty Images 7 'It's all God and President Trump at this point,' Savannah said following the president's pardon. AP 'Your parents are going to be free and clean,' he said. 'I don't know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good life.' 'It's all God and President Trump at this point,' Savannah said following the president's pardon.
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Trump pardons Julie and Todd Chrisley, reality TV stars convicted in 2022 of fraud and tax evasion
'My parents have not spoken to each other, heard each others' voices or seen each other in the past 2 ½ years,' said Savannah Chrisley, who wore a bubble gum pink MAGA hat and matching 'Women for Trump' jacket. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Julie Chrisley, right, and her husband Todd Chrisley posed for photos at the 2017 Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Advertisement The Chrisleys' TV show portrayed them as a tight-knit family with an extravagant lifestyle. Prosecutors at the couple's 2022 trial said they spent lavishly on expensive cars, designer clothes, real estate and travel after taking out fraudulent bank loans worth millions of dollars and hiding their earnings from tax authorities. Trump Advertisement Savannah Chrisley has been a vocal Trump supporter and endorsed his candidacy in a speech at the Republican National Convention last summer. Though she has complained that the case against her parents was politically motivated, they were indicted in 2019 under a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney, Byung J. 'BJay' Pak. Regardless, Savannah Chrisley said officials in the Trump administration who reviewed her parents' case had 'seen the corruption.' She told reporters that the president delivered the news of the pardons himself, calling unexpectedly while she was at the grocery store. 'I didn't have to do anything other than stand firm in my beliefs and my convictions and fight for my parents,' she said. She paused to take photos with fans and supporters gathered outside the prison before getting into a vehicle that took her past its security checkpoint. The Chrisleys' attorney, Alex Little, said Tuesday that the pardon 'corrects a deep injustice' in which the couple were 'targeted because of their conservative values and high profile.' Before she was pardoned, Julie Chrisley, 52, had been scheduled for release in January 2028, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, while Todd Chrisley, 56, was to remain behind bars until September 2032. Prosecutors said at trial that the Chrisleys had not yet become TV stars when they and a former business partner submitted false documents to banks in the Atlanta area to obtain fraudulent loans. New loans were taken out to pay off the old ones, according to prosecutors, until Todd Chrisley filed for bankruptcy, walking away from more than $20 million in unpaid loans. The defense argued that an IRS officer gave false testimony during the trial and that prosecutors lacked evidence to support convictions. Advertisement A panel of judges of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Chrisleys' convictions last year. Waiting to meet her father, Savannah Chrisley said her family was making plans to do a lot of catching up. 'We're going to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases, all the things,' she said, 'because we're going to make up for the lost time.' This story has been corrected to show that Todd Chrisley's age is 56, not 57. Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia.
Mint
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
Todd Chrisley released from prison after Trump pardons reality TV star
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Reality TV star Todd Chrisley was released Wednesday from federal prison after being pardoned by President Donald Trump, a spokesperson for his defense lawyer said. The 57-year-old Chrisley, best known for the TV series 'Chrisley Knows Best,' was freed from a minimum-security prison camp in Pensacola, Florida, where he was imprisoned after being convicted three years ago of bank fraud and tax evasion. His wife and TV co-star, 52-year-old Julie Chrisley, also was pardoned by Trump. It was not immediately known when she would be released from a prison facility in Lexington, Kentucky. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump signed pardons Wednesday for reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, who were been serving federal prison sentences after being convicted three years ago of bank fraud and tax evasion. Trump's pardons paved the way for the couple best known for the TV series 'Chrisley Knows Best' to be freed from prison. In the evening their daughter, Savannah Chrisley, stood outside the minimum security prison camp where her father was being held in Pensacola awaiting his release. She said her brother, Grayson, was picking up their mother in Lexington, Kentucky. 'We just want to get home. We want to be reunited,' she said, wearing a bubble gum pink MAGA hat and matching 'Women for Trump' jacket. Chrisley added: 'My parents have not spoken to each other, heard each others' voices or seen each other in the past 2 ½ years.' The Chrisleys' TV show portrayed them as a tight-knit family with an extravagant lifestyle. Prosecutors at the couple's 2022 trial said they spent lavishly on expensive cars, designer clothes, real estate and travel after taking out fraudulent bank loans worth millions of dollars and hiding their earnings from tax authorities. Trump announced his intention to pardon them on Tuesday, saying the celebrity couple had been 'given a pretty harsh treatment based on what I'm hearing.' It was another example of the president, himself a former reality TV star, pardoning high-profile friends, supporters, donors and former staffers. Savannah Chrisley has been a vocal Trump supporter and endorsed his candidacy in a speech at the Republican National Convention last summer. Though she has complained that the case against her parents was politically motivated, they were indicted in 2019 under a Trump-appointed U.S. attorney, Byung J. 'BJay' Pak. Regardless, Savannah Chrisley said officials in the Trump administration who reviewed her parents' case had 'seen the corruption.' She told reporters that the president delivered the news of the pardons himself, calling unexpectedly while she was at the grocery store. 'I didn't have to do anything other than stand firm in my beliefs and my convictions and fight for my parents,' she said. She paused to take photos with fans and supporters gathered outside the prison before getting into a vehicle that took her past its security checkpoint. The Chrisleys' attorney, Alex Little, said Tuesday that the pardon 'corrects a deep injustice' in which the couple were 'targeted because of their conservative values and high profile.' Before she was pardoned, Julie Chrisley, 52, had been scheduled for release in January 2028, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, while Todd Chrisley, 56, was to remain behind bars until September 2032. Prosecutors said at trial that the Chrisleys had not yet become TV stars when they and a former business partner submitted false documents to banks in the Atlanta area to obtain fraudulent loans. New loans were taken out to pay off the old ones, according to prosecutors, until Todd Chrisley filed for bankruptcy, walking away from more than $20 million in unpaid loans. The defense argued that an IRS officer gave false testimony during the trial and that prosecutors lacked evidence to support convictions. A panel of judges of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Chrisleys' convictions last year. Waiting to meet her father, Savannah Chrisley said her family was making plans to do a lot of catching up. 'We're going to celebrate anniversaries, birthdays, Christmases, all the things,' she said, 'because we're going to make up for the lost time.' Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia. This story has been corrected to show that Todd Chrisley's age is 56, not 57.
The Herald Scotland
21-05-2025
- Politics
- The Herald Scotland
Jake Tapper admits to apologizing to Lara Trump over 2020 interview
"She saw something that I did not see at the time, 100 percent," Tapper said. Biden's mental acuity while in office continues to be a lightning rod despite Trump taking office again in January. The focus on the former president's health was reignited by the promotional tour for the book and inflamed again when it was announced that Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. "You lectured her on how she was in no position to diagnose cognitive decline which you, which you guys do at length, including on page four of your book," Kelly said. What happened in 2020? Lara Trump had made disparaging remarks at a "Women for Trump" 2020 campaign event that were played by Tapper during the October 2020 edition of "State of the Union," saying, "Every time he comes on stage and they turn to him, I'm like, 'Joe, can you get it out. Let's get the words out.'" Tapper then asked, "how do you think it makes little kids with stutters feel when they see you make a comment like that?" Trump then responded that she did not know Biden had a stutter, which was a well-documented disability the then-presidential candidate has. "I think what we see on stage with Joe Biden, Jake, is very clearly a cognitive decline. That's what I'm referring to," Trump added. Tapper then shut down the interview, telling Trump, "I think you have absolutely no standing to diagnose somebody's cognitive decline." Tapper tell all takes heat Tapper, along with co-author Alex Thompson of Axios, has also faced criticism of the book from the center and left wings of political spectrum. Naomi Biden, the former president's granddaughter, called the book "political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class," in an X post made Monday, May 19. Jon Stewart skewered the rollout of the book on the May 19 episode of the Daily Show, questioning why the authors held the information gathered for the book. "How (expletive) weird it is that the news is selling you a book about news they should've told you was news a year ago for free," Stewart said. Stewart also pointed out that the continued promotion of the book on CNN could be seen in poor taste. "It's just fun to watch them not only continue to push the book in light of this difficult news, but to actually frame this difficult news as perhaps even more of a reason to buy this book," Stewart said. Kieth Olbermann, the left-wing commentator and former MSNBC host, went further than his former cable rival on the May 19 edition of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann." "The car in which all of the Biden acuity truthers and reporters and book writers and finger-waggers and editors in Washington has just stopped suddenly." Olbermann said. "They have been ejected from vehicle from which they were climbing over each other to drive it faster and faster and you deserve it utterly, Tapper and Alex Thompson."
