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Julie Chrisley

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  /   2025–Present

Record at a Glance

Clemency type
Pardon
Presidential term
2025–Present
Federal district
Northern Georgia
Offense
Conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud (five counts); wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws; tax evasion; obstruction of justice
Sentence
84 months' imprisonment; three years' supervised release; $4,740,645.04 restitution (November 21, 2022; as amended September 25, 2024)
Current status
Released from FPC Lexington on May 28, 2025 following the pardon. A later 2026 malpractice lawsuit is a separate civil matter, not a criminal proceeding.

Original Case

Julie Chrisley and her husband, Todd, became nationally known through the reality series Chrisley Knows Best. Federal prosecutors accused the couple and a former business partner of using false bank statements, audit reports, and personal financial statements to obtain more than $36 million in loans from Atlanta-area community banks. Prosecutors said the money financed cars, clothing, real estate, and travel, while new loans were used to repay earlier ones. The tax portion of the case concerned the couple's failure to file returns or pay federal income taxes from 2013 through 2016 and their use of corporate accounts to conceal television income from the IRS. A jury convicted Julie in June 2022 of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit tax evasion, and an additional obstruction-of-justice count based on a fraudulent document submitted in response to a grand-jury subpoena. She originally received seven years in prison and three years of supervised release. The Eleventh Circuit upheld the convictions but ordered reconsideration of loss, restitution, and forfeiture findings; the September 2024 amended disposition imposed 84 months in prison, three years of supervision, and $4,740,645.04 in restitution.

Clemency

Trump granted Chrisley a full and unconditional pardon on May 28, 2025, covering Northern District of Georgia case No. 1:19-cr-297. She was released from FPC Lexington that day. The pardon ended the federal punishment but did not convert the appellate disposition into an acquittal.

Trump Connection

Trump said he did not know Julie or Todd Chrisley personally, although the White House confirmed that he had met their daughter Savannah. Savannah became a visible Trump supporter while advocating for her parents: she endorsed Trump in a speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention and publicly argued that the prosecution was politically motivated. The case reached Trump through Alice Marie Johnson, his clemency adviser and later Pardon Czar. Trump personally called Savannah and her brother Grayson from the Oval Office to tell them he intended to pardon their parents. He said the couple had received harsh treatment based on what he had heard; a White House spokesperson separately described their sentences as excessively severe. The documented record therefore shows family advocacy, political support by Savannah, access through Johnson, and direct White House contact, while not showing a preexisting personal relationship between Trump and Julie Chrisley.

Since Clemency

  • 2026-06-05 · civil lawsuit

    The Chrisleys sued their former lawyer and his firm, seeking $25 million and alleging malpractice in the criminal representation.

    Legal Status: Claims made by the plaintiffs; not judicial findings or a new criminal charge.

  • 2026-08-19 · reported federal tax lien

    Us Magazine reported on October 15, citing records it said it reviewed, that the IRS filed a $1,571,452 tax lien against Todd and Julie Chrisley in Davidson County, Tennessee, on August 19, covering assessments for 2021 and 2022.

    Legal Status: Reported tax-collection filing, not a new criminal charge or conviction. The original lien and any subsequent payment, release, or challenge were not independently verified in this review.

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