Savannah Chrisley has revealed the shocking way that prison has changed her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley’s marriage.
Todd, 55, and Julie, 52, were found guilty by a Georgia jury in November of 2022 of accusations of tax evasion and more than $30 million in bank fraud.
The couple are waiting out a collective 17 years in custody – Todd is serving a 12-year sentence, which was later reduced to 10 years, while Julie is serving a seven-year sentence – at prisons in Florida and Kentucky respectively.
They have been there for more than two years since beginning their sentences in January of 2023.
Now Savannah has revealed that her parents have not been able to speak to each other even once since they reported to prison.
‘They don’t get to speak. It’s been two years, and they haven’t spoken a word to each other,’ Savannah, 27, informed People.
Savannah Chrisley (center) has revealed the shocking way that prison has changed her parents Todd (right) and Julie Chrisley’s (left) marriage
Todd, 55, and Julie, 52, were found guilty by a Georgia jury in November of 2022 of accusations of tax evasion and more than $30 million in bank fraud
‘They’ve been together almost 30 years, and they’ve never gone a day in their life without being with one another. That’s been a challenge. That should never happen.’
Savannah noted that she and her siblings have been able to separately communicate with their parents, but iterated that Todd and Julie cannot talk to one another.
‘The Bureau of Prisons says they strive to keep families together. That’s what they love to quote. That is so far from the truth,’ said Savannah.
‘They make it almost impossible for you to communicate with loved ones. They make it almost impossible to visit. They don’t make anything easy,’ she doubled down.
‘There should never be a time where they keep them from communicating, and they do. They interfere with emails, they interfere with mail. There was mail theft and fraud at my dad’s facility that I’m still not going to allow that person to get away with.’
Savannah recently revealed she hopes President Donald Trump will pardon her parents in their 2022 bank fraud and tax evasion convictions.
‘Now that I have worked with President Trump’s team, I’m bringing all of this to his awareness, and it sucks. It sucks that my parents are going through what they’re going through but we’re going to take this and make something great out of it. And in the end, the government will not win,’ she insisted.
She continues to visit her parents ‘as much as possible,’ while juggling her responsibilities looking after her siblings Chloe, 11, and Grayson, 18.
Savannah is hoping President Donald Trump will pardon her parents; pictured last July at the Republican National Convention
‘Obviously, when Chloe’s in school, it’s a little bit harder. During the summer, I feel like we were there every weekend, at one or the other,’ she said.
‘And then there’ve been times to where they’ve restricted my dad’s visits, or some random stuff happens…. I try to visit them as much as possible. I mean, once, twice a month. But I try to go, like I said, as much as I can.’
Savannah recently spoke about her ambition to gain an audience with Trump, who she supported during the 2024 election cycle, speaking in July at the Republican National Convention.
‘I know that I am going through the proper channels to do so,’ the Atlanta native said of the pardon process. ‘And I’m going to bring as much awareness to it as possible because these things should not happen.’
Savannah’s statement comes about three months after Dailymail.com exclusively reported the day after the election that Todd Chrisley had been ‘jumping for joy in prison’ over Trump’s defeat of Democratic challenger Kamala Harris.
Savannah, 27, spoke Wednesday with People about her hopes to gain an audience with Trump, who she supported during the 2024 election, speaking July 16 at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee
‘Savannah truly believes that Trump will pardon her parents,’ a source told Dailymail.com November 6.
The couple – who were initially indicted in August 2019 – say they are innocent of the crimes they were convicted of and have filed multiple appeals to have their sentences reversed.
Savannah said that she plans to inform Trump about the ‘corruption in Fulton County,’ Georgia and ‘how the judge handled the case’ in asking for the pardons.
The argument might hit home for the president, who repeatedly accused Georgia officials of corruption in his January 2, 2021 phone call to state election officials.
In the infamous call, the president asked election officials to ‘find 11,780 votes’ in his favor in the 2020 presidential election.
Savannah told People her family ‘stood in the truth’ and ‘stood in what we knew to be the truth’ but were ultimately let down by a broken legal system that left her family in a state of shock after her parents were convicted and sentenced.
‘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,”‘ Savannah said. ‘But, it did.’
Savannah said that she plans to inform Trump about the ‘corruption in Fulton County,’ Georgia and ‘how the judge handled the case’ in asking for the pardons
The Chrisley Knows Best star told the outlet of how the the family’s problems have impacted her, as she has taken over the role of legal guardian of her siblings Grayson, 18, and Chloe, 12, when she was 25.
‘I think that I’ve gone through a lot of s*** in my life, I really have,’ Savannah told the outlet. ‘And I’ve gone through a lot of things that I’ve never even publicly spoken about.
‘When you fight silent battles, resilience just comes. When you fight silent battles, there was no one that was there for you.’
The Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley podcast host explained how she has become more resilient with age, wisdom and life experience.
‘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,’ she said.
Savannah told the outlet that her father Todd ‘was a constant encourager’ who imbued her with an upbeat attitude ready to take on all challenges life presents.
‘I come from a place [where] my dad was very much just like, “Come on, we can do this. We can do this. You can do anything a man can do, if not better,”‘ Savannah said.
Savannah said that her ability to bounce back from adversity comes from ‘having that encouragement’ from her loved ones.
Savannah might find a sympathetic ear from Trump about what she says is rampant ‘corruption’ in Georgia, a claim Trump himself made in trying to persuade state election officials to ‘find 11,780 votes’ for him in the 2020 presidential election
The president on Wednesday spoke at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute summit in Miami Beach, Florida
‘Also, knowing that I don’t ever want to give up, and I want to give my future children something to look at and be proud of,’ Savannah told the outlet. ‘I have such a fight mentality in me. I’m a Leo to its core. So, I just don’t give up.’
In November, a source told Dailymail.com that Savannah had been tirelessly working to free her parents over the past few years, spurring her appearance at the RNC.
‘Ever since they were convicted she has spent every waking hour campaigning to free them and when she found the loophole through the RNC she jumped on it,’ the source said.
Savannah ‘took that stage in the hope of seeing her parents walk out of jail and it will likely happen’ and was ‘gloating’ over Trump’s election day dominance.
The source added that ‘everyone is just hoping that she stops going on’ in her efforts to upend the legal decisions, but it is clear she is moving forward.
