This Chrisley knows it’s best to support from afar.
After Savannah Chrisley revealed on Tuesday that her parents, Todd and Julie Chrisley, were being pardoned by President Donald Trump, her older sister Lindsie Chrisley took to social media to share a subtle reaction after a years-long family rift.
The podcaster, 35, wrote on her Instagram Stories, “With God all things are possible.”
President Trump, 76, pardoned Todd, 56, and Julie, 52, after they were found guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022.
The couple was originally indicted in 2019, with federal prosecutors accusing them of submitting fake documents to banks in order to garner more than $30 million in loans.
However, before starring on their 10-season reality show “Chrisley Knows Best,” Todd and Julie walked away from the loans and declared bankruptcy.
Todd received a 12-year prison sentence, while Julie was sentenced to seven years. The pair have maintained their innocence ever since.
“It’s a terrible thing but it’s a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean,” Trump told Savannah, 27, in a video posted to X on Tuesday. “I hope we can do it by tomorrow. I don’t know them, but give them my regards. Wish them a good life.”
Years of family drama played out publicly between Todd, Julie, Savannah, their son Chase, 28, and Lindsie. The mom-of-one, who along with her brother, Kyle, are from Todd’s first marriage to his ex-wife, Teresa Terry.
In 2023, Lindsie set the record straight on where she stands with her dad and stepmom.
“There were some rumors that went around after our last podcast episode that the reason that I have not seen Julie was because she doesn’t want to see me, and that is just untrue,” she said on her podcast. “Finally, I have been able to communicate over [her prison’s] form of email for the first time, but also her email is very delayed. Dad’s is very different. You can send him an email and you will hear back within maybe two hours.”
But things aren’t mended between sisters, as Lindsie stated on a 2024 podcast episode.
“It’s mind-blowing to me, the control and manipulation. It very much alarms me and I’m just going to leave it at that,” she said before adding that her relationship with Savannah is “nothing.”
Savannah then took to her Instagram Stories to clarify that she asked her older sibling not to come to her parents’ court hearing because “she was not wanted” and Todd “did not want her there and that he didn’t care to have a relationship with her.”
Addressing when she last had in-person contact with the “Chrisley Knows Best” patriarch, Lindsie revealed on her “Southern Tea” podcast in March, “The last time I visited my dad, probably … was it the beginning of last year?”
“I can’t even honestly remember. … I have not seen my dad in quite some time and I have had no contact. And that’s all I’m going to say for that.”
After news of Todd and Julie’s pardon broke, Savannah told NewsNation’s “On Balance” that Trump said, “You guys don’t look like terrorists.”
“But he just said that their sentences were outrageous and they were treated unfairly from everyone that he has spoken to, and that he wanted to bring my parents home and not just grant them a commutation, but he wanted to give them a full pardon as well.”
The “Special Forces” alum also took to Instagram to share the good news in a tearful video.
“The president called me personally as I was walking into Sam’s Club and notified me that he was signing paper pardon paperwork for both of my parents,” Savannah began. “So both my parents are coming home tonight [Tuesday] or tomorrow [Wednesday], and I still don’t believe it’s real. I’m freaking out — the fact that the president called me.
She continued, “I will forever be grateful for President Trump, his administration and everyone along the way, all of my lawyers, the people who put in countless hours and effort and love for my family to make sure that my parents got home.”
“My parents get to start their lives over… President Trump didn’t just commute their sentences, he gave them a full unconditional pardon. So for that, I am forever grateful.”
Chase, meanwhile, 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!”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
