Posted on 05/28/2025 3:48:54 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
On May 27, 2025, President Donald Trump announced he would pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, stars of the reality TV show Chrisley Knows Best. Known for their Southern charm, witty banter, and tight-knit family, the Chrisleys captured the hearts of millions. As outspoken conservatives and Trump supporters—a rarity in entertainment—they faced federal charges in 2022 for bank fraud and tax evasion, accused of defrauding Atlanta-area banks out of over $30 million and evading taxes. Todd received a 12-year sentence, and Julie was sentenced to seven years, with a combined $17.8 million in restitution. Their daughter, Savannah, has tirelessly advocated for their release, arguing they were unfairly targeted due to their high profile and political beliefs.
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Huntr got pardoned for much worse...
Wait a minute!
You can defraud a bank for $30 million and only have to pay restitution of $17.8 million?
That’s a gain of $12.2 million minus a million or two in lawyer bills.
So they get to keep the $30 million. Of course Bush Junior pardoned a couple of local ex bankers here, wiping out their restitution orders so they didn’t have to pay back what they owed from their foul deeds.
If they have been pardoned then DoJ has no business going after Leticia James. You can’t defraud a bank of $30 mil and then say no one was hurt.
Leticia James is the Attorney General of the state of New York. She should face charges for her criminal acts. She should resign or face impeachment. I’m pretty sure if Pam Bondi committed bank fraud, you would be screaming for her removal and prosecution. Leticia is a crooked cop.
I wish Trump had left these grifters in jail.
Chrisley Knows Best” reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley have settled their case with the Georgia Department of Revenue.
According to the settlement, the couple agreed to pay a total of $147,944.75 to the state to resolve its case.
The family also receive a refund of more than $66,000 for the tax years from 2013 to 2016.
The couple had been accused of evading nearly $2 million in state taxes between 2008 and 2016.
The settlement indicates that the couple had actually overpaid several of those years.
According to the settlement, the only year in which they owed the state money was 2009. That year, combined the couple owed $214,118, according to the settlement. They owed no money in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and were due refunds in 2013 through 2016.
“Julie and I knew all along that we had done nothing wrong and that when the facts all came out, we would be fine,” said Todd Chrisley in a statement released by his attorney. “We’re just glad that the Department of Revenue was willing to keep an open mind and look at all the evidence.”
The state charges had long been settled with the Chrisleys.
“First, the issue that was discussed that came out in the redirect and then the re-cross of Officer Betty Carter was whether the Chrisleys had paid taxes in the post-conspiracy period,” he said. “Now, the district court below confirmed that that would have a potential prejudicial effect on the defendants leading the jury to believe that they had not paid their taxes, that they weren’t interested in paying taxes, that they were untruth type of person who could commit fraud charged in the other acts. That effect spills over not just to the tax charges but to all of the fraud charges in this case.”
Regarding taxes owed, Little argued that his clients “paid everything before trial” and “the government doesn’t argue that they hadn’t paid.”
“The IRS didn’t know what they were doing. The left hand didn’t know what the right hand was doing,” Little claimed. “In the system, if you had looked, .... you can see both taxpayers and you can see that there’s a large sum sitting for Todd Chrisley that has not been applied to the joint return with Julie Chrisley.”
“If she [Officer Betty Carter] looked at that, she would’ve seen that those two would’ve extinguished each other,” he continued. “And, if the IRS had properly applied it, they would not then be what Betty Carter says, there would be interest and penalties. She would know those interest and penalties would not be due because that payment was made years before with respect to that payment.”
Did they actually defraud the bank or were they prosecuted for “defrauding the bank” like Trump was? Were they paying the loans until the government started prosecuting them or were they actually scamming the bank.
The article doesn’t say. And unfortunately I can’t trust the federal prosecutors and judge to do the right thing.
I just did an internet search on Todd and Julie Chrisley, and they look like retards living beyond their means.
I wish people would do a little research before jumping on the
liberal news bandwagon. Thank you for posting the mess these people have endured.
‘ I’m pretty sure if Pam Bondi committed bank fraud, you would be screaming for her removal and prosecution.’
But reality tv stars who suck up to the president, all good?
Maybe the late great Hannibal Lector can get a pardon.
They were crooks and they should stay in jail.
Well said.
Your post seems to deal with a state tax issue, not a federal bank fraud case.
A good bookmark. Snarky leftists will bring this up every chance they get.
Just don’t make us look at that guy’s shit-eating grin anymore.
Any word from the banks that were “defrauded”?
There’s records of their spending. Thete’s records of how much money they received in loans. There’s record of how much they paid in taxes.
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