Savannah Chrisley Says She's 'Going Through the Proper Channels' to Get Her Parents' Case Pardoned by President Trump (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

AsToddandJulie Chrisleyfight to reverse their sentencing in their bank fraud and tax evasion case, they have the full support of their daughterSavannah Chrisley, who is now seeking alternative methods for their release.

The longtime couple, who wed in 1996, began appealing their case shortly afterbeing sentencedin November 2022.Todd’s request was deniedwhile Julie’s appeal was granted due to insufficient evidence. However, the judge overseeing her caseupheld Julie’s original sentencing.

The Chrisley family isn’t giving up just yet. Savannah, 27, tells PEOPLE exclusively that while she’s uncertain of the timeline of this new plan, they intend to seekPresident Donald Trump’s help in pardoning Todd, 55, and Julie, 52.

Savannah Chrisley is pictured in Nashville for PEOPLE.Laura Moll

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“I know that I am going through the proper channels to do so, and I’m going to bring as much awareness to it as possible because these things should not happen,” she says of her parents' case, for which the duo has vehemently denied all wrongdoing.

Looking back on what her family has endured in the last several years since the August 2019 indictment occurred, Savannah says: “We thought it was going to end differently.”

(L-R) Julie Chrisley, Savannah Chrisley and Todd Chrisley on Chrisley’s Believe It Or Not.Vivian Zink/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

Vivian Zink/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

“We had lawyers who had told us it was going to end differently,” she recalls. “We stood in the truth, and we stood in what we knew to be the truth. We saw the corruption in Fulton County. We saw how the judge handled the case. We just saw all of it and we’re like, ‘There’s no way. There’s no way it’s going to end this way.’ But, it did.”

Thereafter, theChrisley Knows Bestalum became the legal guardian of her younger siblings Grayson, 18, and Chloe, 12, at 25 years old. She also had to work multiple jobs to keep her loved ones afloat.

She began hosting herUnlocked with Savannah Chrisleypodcast, competed on reality television shows and sold houses as a realtor. She also plans to soon launch a direct-to-consumer female pharmacy brand later this year.

(L-R) Savannah Chrisley speaks during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024; Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley attend the 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards at Toshiba Plaza on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/ACMA2017/Getty Images

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/ACMA2017/Getty Images

While reflecting on her resilience, Savannah acknowledges that going through hardship has only made her stronger.

“I think that I’ve gone through a lot of s— in my life. I really have. And I’ve gone through a lot of things that I’ve never even publicly spoken about,” she explains. “When you fight silent battles, resilience just comes. When you fight silent battles, there was no one that was there for you. Whether you didn’t allow someone to be there for you, or whether you just didn’t have people there, you just learned to pick yourself up.”

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“I have such a fight mentality in me. I’m a Leo to its core. So, I just don’t give up,” she adds.

source: people.com