Outrage erupts after Trump’s Chrisley pardon as critics condemn what it says about president’s regard for the law

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Outrage erupts after Trump’s Chrisley pardon as critics condemn what it says about president’s regard for the law

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is facing fierce criticism after he decided to

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The Chrisleys, best known for their Chrisley Knows Best TV show, were serving prison sentences for fraud and tax evasion.

They were convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 12 years (Todd) and seven years (Julie). The

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confirmed the couple’s full pardons on Tuesday.

Speaking to their children during a phone call from the Oval Office Tuesday, Trump said: “Your parents are going to be free and clean and I hope we’re going to do it by tomorrow.”

“They were given pretty harsh treatment based on what I’m hearing,” he added.

The move prompted widespread criticism.

“Trump just pardoned TV personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley, who conspired to defraud

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-area banks out of $30 million in fraudulent loans. In Trump’s America, crimes are celebrated and prison sentences are cut short,”

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“actual insanity.”

In another post, Sisson noted that the pardons for the Chrisleys come as Trump also pardoned “a corrupt

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sheriff who took over $75,000 in bribes” (Trump called him a “wonderful person”), and a “man convicted of serious tax crimes, whose mom donated $1 million to Trump and worked on his campaigns.”

Sisson called it “blatant corruption.”

“Oh, Trump’s going to pardon the Chrisleys? I’m stunned,” sarcastically noted Phillip Bump, a columnist for

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, on BlueSky.

Anna Bower, a reporter for Lawfare, wrote on BlueSky that the Chrisleys were “indicted by a federal grand jury in 2019, during the first Trump administration.”

Julie and Todd Chrisley were pardoned by Trump after being sentenced to seven and 12 years in prison for fraud and tax evasion (Getty Images for E3 Chophouse Na)

“The Trump-nominated U.S. attorney was Byung Jin “BJay” Pak. He was forced to resign in early 2021 after Trump became convinced he wasn’t doing enough to investigate purported election fraud in GA,” she added.

“Their [the Chrisleys’] daughter,

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, campaigned for Trump. During a speech at the

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in 2024, she said her parents were ‘persecuted’ for their political beliefs,” Bower noted.

“I shudder to think about what Savannah Chrisley had to do to secure those pardons for her parents,” lawyer Amee Vanderpool

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“For context: The Chrisleys are well-known Trump supporters,” Ally Sammarco, a Democratic strategist, told her followers on X.

Singer-songwriter Ricky Davila

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: “The orange felon pardoned corrupt Virginia Sheriff Scott Jenkins who was convicted of bribery and fraud, now he pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley who defrauded banks. Because nothing says law and order like a felon gifting pardons to other felons for their loyalty.”

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