Todd and Julie Chrisley were released from federal prison on May 28, 2025
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NEED TO KNOW
- Todd and Julie Chrisley were pardoned by President Donald Trump in May 2025 after serving over two years in prison for financial crimes
- Their release and family reunion were documented in the Lifetime series The Chrisleys: Back to Reality
- Since returning home, Todd and Julie have launched new projects
Todd and Julie Chrisley have been out of prison for one year.
The couple initially rose to fame in 2014 when they starred on their reality television show, Chrisley Knows Best, which chronicled their lives with their children: Chase, Savannah, Grayson. The USA Network series also featured appearances from Todd's older children, Lindsie and Kyle, as well as his mother, Faye Chrisley. The Chrisleys also adopted Kyle's daughter Chloe.
The family put their antics on display for nearly a decade until Todd and Julie's legal problems took center stage. In August 2019, they were indicted on 12 counts of bank and wire fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy, and later convicted and sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison in November 2022.
After they began serving their sentences in January 2023, their daughter Savannah worked with various politicians in an attempt to help her parents. On May 27, 2025, President Donald Trump announced that Todd and Julie would be fully pardoned, and they were released from prison the following day.
Todd and Julie's return home from prison was documented in the Lifetime show The Chrisleys: Back to Reality, which aired in September 2025.
Here's everything to know about where Todd and Julie Chrisley are now, one year after being pardoned by President Trump.
Why did Todd and Julie Chrisley go to prison?
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Amid the Chrisley's rise to fame on reality TV, Todd and Julie started to face various financial and legal issues. In 2014, the family filed a $45 million bankruptcy case.
Their legal problems escalated five years later in August 2019 when Todd and Julie were indicted for tax evasion, fraud and conspiracy.
Although Todd and Julie vehemently maintained their innocence and pleaded not guilty to the charges, they were ultimately found guilty on all counts in June 2022 and were sentenced to a combined 19 years in federal prison.
While the parents served their respective sentences in separate prisons, Savannah took over guardianship of Grayson and Chloe.
Why did Trump pardon Todd and Julie?
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Almost immediately after Todd and Julie were convicted, they appealed their convictions on the basis of alleged misconduct. However, their conviction was upheld in June 2024.
A little over two years after Todd and Julie began their time behind bars, their attorneys formally requested a presidential pardon.
“They believe that the president will seriously consider pardoning both Julie and Todd Chrisley as a result of the unfair treatment they received in the criminal justice system,” one of their lawyers told NBC News at the time.
On May 27, 2025, Trump officially issued a full pardon for both Todd and Julie. The President called Todd and Julie's kids to tell them the news.
"It's a terrible thing, but it's a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean," Trump said in the phone call. "I don't know them, but give them my regards and wish them good luck."
White House spokesperson Harrison Fields later said in a statement that Trump is "always pleased to give well-deserving Americans a second chance, especially those who have been unfairly targeted and overly prosecuted by an unjust justice system."
Members of the Chrisley family immediately flew to retrieve Julie and Todd, and they were both released the next day. Two days later, Savannah and Todd held a press conference during which he thanked "every person that has prayed for us and stayed in the fight and that fought for the truth to come out."
Where are Todd and Julie now?
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Since returning home, Todd and Julie launched the second version of their podcast, Chrisley Confessions, where they frequently speak about their time in prison, as well as where their family stands now.
In December 2025, Todd announced that Julie will be starring in her own cooking show. Meanwhile, Todd has continued to helm Chrisley Confessions, as well as speaking at various conservative political conventions. Todd and Julie also teamed up to appear on season 14 of The Masked Singer.
As for the Chrisley children, Lindsie was arrested on suspicion of DUI-less safe (which does not require a blood alcohol test), attempting to elude police, improper passing, reckless driving and speeding in Georgia on May 23. She later told TMZ that she was speeding past a car because the car almost hit an animal and she was trying to avoid the car and the animal.
Kyle was arrested in Tennessee on multiple charges, including suspicion of domestic assault, assaulting an officer and public intoxication, in December 2025, according to USA Today. The case is ongoing.
Savannah has gone on to found GoodGirlRX, while also hosting her podcast, Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley. Both Chase and Grayson, the latter of whom who studies at the University of Alabama, keep much of their personal life private but have appeared on their parents' podcast.
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