Savannah Chrisley says Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election win was her mother or father’s “solely method out” of jail.
The well-known actuality TV household sat down for his or her first TV interview since their launch from jail on Fox Information’ My View with Lara Trump Saturday evening. There, Todd, Julie, Savannah and Grayson Chrisley mentioned their launch from jail that was ignited by Trump’s pardon.
Throughout their dialog, Savannah, an avid advocate for her mother or father’s launch since they went away in 2023, stated they have been at an “all-time low” earlier than they acquired the decision that Todd and Julie have been being pardoned. She recalled getting right into a combat with Grayson, her youthful brother whom she gained custody of when her mother and father went to jail, the day that they acquired the life-changing information.
“Simply going by this collectively has been such a whirldwind, and the that day they acquired pardoned, he and I have been combating. It was the worst day ever,” she stated. “I had simply reached a degree of, like, I’ve completed all the things I can do. At this level, there’s nothing extra I can do. After which, I acquired the decision from [Margo Martin].”
Savannah added that she believes Trump profitable the 2024 election was Todd and Julie’s “solely method out.”
“On a private stage, we watched the election collectively, and he acquired to vote within the election for the primary time,” Savannah stated of her brother, Grayson. “And after we have been watching it and noticed the president win, we each began sobbing and he simply grabbed me and hugged me as a result of we knew that was our solely method out.”
“We owe due to God… and God touched President Trump’s coronary heart,” Todd added. “God led the folks to advocate for us. And so I’m grateful as a result of each evening I might pray that God would return me residence to my spouse and my kids. And he did that, so I’m grateful.”
After her mother and father went away, Savannah gained custody of not solely Grayson however Chloe, the organic daughter of Todd’s eldest son Kyle, whom they adopted in 2016. In the course of the interview, their youngest son stated that he was pleased his household didn’t need to “conceal their political beliefs anymore,” nodding to their outspoken help of Trump.
Lara, too, requested Todd and Julie in the event that they’d spoken with the president since their launch. They each answered no, although Savannah reminded her father that he briefly spoke with Trump on FaceTime whereas she was talking with Margo Martin, the president’s particular assistant and communications adviser.
Todd stated when he talked to Trump, he advised him, “Thanks, you reunited me with my household.”
In late Might, Martin shared a video of Trump on the telephone with Savannah and Grayson alerting them that their mother and father have been being granted full pardons.
Todd and Julie have been discovered responsible on federal fees together with financial institution fraud and tax evasion in June 2022. The couple was later sentenced in November of the identical yr, with Todd receiving 12 years in jail plus 16 months of probation, whereas Julie Chrisley acquired seven years behind bars and 16 months of probation
The information of their pardon got here nearly every week after Lifetime introduced the household’s return to actuality TV with a brand-new collection. The Untitled Chrisleys Mission might be “pulling again the curtain” on the Chrisleys’ “unprecedented entry to their lives in a deeply private and dramatic new collection.” Cameras adopted Todd and Julie’s post-prison reunion.
At a press convention following their launch, Todd and Savannah teased their forthcoming present. The Particular Forces season two contestant stated they “had been filming and we had simply wrapped filming for all intents and functions. After which we get the decision that that they had been pardoned. So we picked proper again up and we’re excited as a result of I believe this new present goes to present, first off, it’s going to present folks a glance into the trial and issues that we went by and we’re going to set the report straight, put some paperwork on the market.”
“You will notice the primary time he and Mother see one another for the primary time,” Savannah added.
Throughout their sit-down with Lara, Todd and Julie additional spoke about their particular person experiences in jail. They each shared tales in regards to the women and men they met whereas locked up, and stated they’re dedicated to advocating for folks in jail.