Locked-up actuality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley are set to formally file a petition to ask President Donald Trump to pardon them, in keeping with their lawyer, Jay Surgent.
Talking to The Atlanta Journal-Structure on Thursday (February 6), Surgent confirmed his purchasers will file their petition for a pardon “no doubt,” stating, “There’s no query about that.”
Todd and his spouse, Julie, had been convicted in 2022 of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit financial institution fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the US. Todd was given a 12-year sentence at FPC Pensacola, whereas Julie was handed a 7-year sentence at FMC Lexington.
The Chrisleys’ convictions had been upheld final June at an Atlanta-based federal appeals court docket, which has six Trump-appointed judges, although it was dominated Julie must be resentenced. On September 25, a federal decide confirmed Julie’s sentence would stay at 84 months – the identical as her authentic seven-year jail sentence in 2022.
Surgent says the Chrisleys had been unfairly prosecuted and given unreasonable sentences. He additionally claims Todd has been focused in jail, most just lately saying guards tore Todd’s pro-Trump stickers from the chair in his jail cell.
“The pardon petition wouldn’t solely be primarily based on the truth that they’re focused or they got what we consider are unreasonable sentences,” Surgent informed the outlet. “It’s extra sophisticated than that.”
He went on to say the Chrisleys’ constitutional rights had been violated and that proof that ought to have been suppressed was offered at trial, together with some proof that was altered and misinterpreted.
Surgent has not but mentioned when the Chrisleys will file their petition for a pardon, however he acknowledged it will probably occur at any time.
The couple’s daughter, Savannah Chrisley, has additionally been campaigning for Trump to pardon her dad and mom. The Chrisley Is aware of Finest star spoke on the 2024 Republican Nationwide Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, final July and attended the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) Investor Summit at Mar-a-Lago again in November.