Todd and Julie Chrisley were convicted in 2022 for conspiracy in bank fraud in the Atlanta region, receiving more than $ 30 million in loans presenting fake documents
US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he will grant presidential forgiveness to the couple Todd and Julie Chrisley, celebrated in a ‘reality show’ television and convicted of bank and tax fraud.
“Your parents will be free and immaculate, and I hope we can do this until tomorrow [quarta-feira]”Trump said in a telephone call with their daughter Savannah Chrisley, according to a published video ‘Online’ by a White House advisor.
“They received a very severe treatment, so it was,” added the president about the couple.
In a publication on social networks, the advisor quoted by AP declares that “Trump knows!”.
“Chrisley is what they know” was the name of the television program that celebrated the couple, about their extravagant lifestyle family, which, according to the court accusation, was maintained through fraudulent schemes.
The Chrisley were convicted in 2022 for conspiracy in bank fraud in the Atlanta region, receiving more than $ 30 million (26 million euros) on loans presenting fake documents.
They were also considered guilty of fiscal dropout, hiding income while sporting a luxurious lifestyle that, according to authorities, included top cars, branded clothes, real estate and trips.
Prosecutors said the couple fled the responsibilities assumed when Todd Chrisley declared bankruptcy and left to settle more than $ 20 million in loans.
Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven years in prison and Todd Chrisley to 12 years in prison.
The couple was still sentenced to pay $ 17.8 million in compensation.
According to the AP agency, the presidential pardon fits into a Trump pattern to forgive friends, supporters, donors and former high profile employees.
On Monday, Trump forgave Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia xerifia who had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for fraud and bribery.
The president published on social networks that Jenkins and his family “were dragged into hell by the corrupt and instrumentalized justice department of [Joe] Biden “, former president of democrat.
And he also granted forgiveness to Florida Health Executive arrested by tax fraud, Paul Walczak, whose mother helped expose the content of a diary held by Ashley Biden, daughter of Joe Biden.
In April, Trump forgave Michele Fiore, a republican of Nevada, waiting for sentence on federal accusations of using personal expenses, including plastic surgery, money for the construction of a statue in honor of a murdered police.
Savannah Chrisley spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention, where he spoke about the detention of his parents, who said they were “persecuted by dishonest prosecutors.”
Chrisley’s daughter argued that her parents were the target of justice because of her conservative and prestigious beliefs, as Trump was the target of criticism for her policies.
“I will never forget what prosecutors said in the most strongly democratic county in the state, before an Obama judge. He called us’ Trumps of the South,” Savannah Chrisley said in his speech at the convention.
“He has stated this as an insult, but let him say to you … shovel, I use it as a distinctive of honor,” he said.
