Chrisleys tell Lara Trump: Learning they had been pardoned wasn't as simple as all that

Julie and Todd Chrisley were not precisely prepared to larn they had been pardoned by the president.

“Unfortunately, astir of the quality that you get successful situation is atrocious news,” Julie Chrisley told Lara Trump successful a household interrogation acceptable to aerial Saturday connected Fox News Channel. So erstwhile she got the bully news, her chap inmates didn’t instantly recognize what they were seeing.

“They’re like, ‘Are you OK?’” Julie said.

In fact, she hadn’t been 100% OK erstwhile she archetypal heard from girl Savannah that President Trump had signed disconnected connected the creme de la creme of get-out-of-jail-free cards.

“I conscionable busted retired crying” erstwhile her girl broke the news, Julie said. “Everyone was looking around, and past I conscionable hung up. I was truthful tense that I conscionable hung up.”

Savannah was the 1 who appealed to the president to escaped her parents. During the Republican National Convention, she gave a code astir the “rogue prosecutors” who enactment her parents down bars.

At slightest Julie hung up connected her girl and not POTUS. But present the folks astir her were asking her if she was OK. “I’m like, ‘I am!’” she said, grasping her hubby and daughter’s hands arsenic she recalled the moment. “I’m getting retired of here!”

Julie and hubby Todd, the Georgia mates who gained fame done “Chrisley Knows Best,” the USA Network bid that showcased their luxurious manner and zany household dynamic, were backmost successful their bleach-blond glory sitting with 2 of their 5 kids, Savannah and lad Chase, connected Lara Trump’s couch.

There had been nary hairsbreadth colour for the inmates aft they were sentenced to 12 years (him) and 7 years (her) for taxation evasion, conspiracy and ligament fraud. He was sent to a national situation successful Pensacola, Fla., portion she was doing clip successful Lexington, Ky. Probation aft incarceration awaited them both. The pardons changed each that.

Todd Chrisley was a small cooler than his woman had been erstwhile the quality came his way. He was walking done FPC Pensacola erstwhile idiosyncratic stopped him and told him helium conscionable got pardoned.

“I said, ‘Yeah, OK’ and I conscionable went close connected walking,” seemingly dismissing what he’d conscionable heard arsenic trash talk. He walked each the mode backmost to his dorm, lone to person a corrections serviceman travel by soon aft and inquire him if helium was “good.”

“I said, ‘As bully arsenic I tin be,’” helium told Lara Trump with a small snark successful his delivery. But the CO was serious.

The serviceman told the world prima that helium had been pardoned and that he’d been sent to cheque connected Chrisley to marque definite helium was OK.

Todd recalled saying, “They don’t request to beryllium disquieted astir maine now! If I’m pardoned, I’m great!”

The Chrisley patriarch besides shared however it felt erstwhile helium saw woman Julie for the archetypal clip successful 28 months.

“When I hugged her the archetypal time, it was similar I was home. ... We person changed,” helium said. “And if we did not alteration successful these 28 months, it would person been wasted.”

Todd gave it up to the Almighty arsenic well. “God touched President Trump’s heart,” helium said. “God led the radical to advocator for us. And truthful I’m grateful, due to the fact that each nighttime I would commune that God would instrumentality maine location to my children. And helium did that, truthful I’m grateful.”

Both Chrisleys person said they mean to advocator successful the aboriginal for prisoners who are inactive down bars.

“My View With Lara Trump,” which includes her afloat interrogation with Todd, Julie, Savannah and Chase Chrisley, airs Saturday astatine 6 p.m. section clip (9 p.m. Eastern) connected Fox News Channel.