Savannah Chrisley Denies She ‘Slept for a Pardon’ for Parents Todd and Julie

Savannah Chrisley says she worked tirelessly to secure a presidential pardon for her parents, Todd and Julie — but she didn’t pay or sleep for one.

Savannah, 27, addressed the media on Friday, May 30, in a press conference alongside her dad, where she spoke about what she believed was the biggest misconception about the process.

“The biggest misconception right now is that I either paid for a pardon or slept for a pardon,” she said.

President Donald Trump pardoned the reality TV couple earlier this week, who were indicted on tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy charges in 2019. They were ultimately found guilty, but denied any wrongdoing and maintained their innocence. Todd, 56, was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2022, while Julie, 52, was sentenced to seven.

Their sentences were shortened in 2024 after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the original judge allegedly miscalculated Julie’s sentence.

“If people knew the countless hours and the money and the time that I spent going to DC, literally without a meeting scheduled,” Savannah continued. “And I just got on a plane and went and said I’m gonna be in the right room at the right time and meet the right people. I fought hard and I was exhausted and I begged for meetings.”

Savannah has previously detailed those efforts, which spanned both Trump and his predecessor, Joe Biden’s administrations. Trump issued the pardons on May 27.

Savannah added that she didn’t use her parents’ celebrity to gain special favor with the current administration.

“People think, ‘Oh, you’re a celebrity, you have money,’ that we got an upper hand and we didn’t,” she insisted. “I had to fight and I was relentless and that’s how it happened. Finally, people listened. So for me, that would be something that people just don’t quite understand.”

Savannah expanded on what it’s like to have her parents home in an interview published with People on Friday.

“Oh my gosh, it has been amazing. It doesn’t feel real,” she said. “We were going to bed last night. We’re like, ‘Is this real?’ And then, I wake up this morning, and my mom’s walking into my bedroom, and I’m like, it’s absolutely insane.”

She added, “We are just so grateful and ready to kind of start getting back to normal life, obviously, the best we can. Everything’s a whirlwind right now, and it’s kind of hard to live a normal life with how things are right now, but we’ll get there.”