Savannah Chrisley Was 'Sobbing' When Trump Won 2024 Election Since Her Family 'Knew That Was Our Only Way' to Get Parents Released

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Todd and Julie Chrisley sat down for their first television interview one month after their prison release

The couple was joined by two of their children, Grayson and Savannah Chrisley, for the appearance on My View with Lara Trump

The reality stars were pardoned by President Donald Trump on May 27 and released from prison the following day

Savannah Chrisley is opening up about a hard truth she and her family faced amid their fight for her parents Todd and Julie Chrisley's freedom.

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On Saturday, June 28, Savannah and her brother Grayson Chrisley joined their parents, Todd, 57, and Julie, 52, on Fox News Channel's My View with Lara Trump. The appearance marked the longtime couple's first television interview since their release from prison one month ago.

During the interview, Savannah told host Lara Trump how President Donald Trump's win gave her hope about her parents' situation.

"Grayson and I watched the election together, and he got to vote in the election for the first time. And when we were watching it and we saw the president win, we both started sobbing," Savannah, 27, recalled. "And he just grabbed me and hugged me because we knew that was our only way out."

Todd, for his part, also reflected on the moment he learned of the 2024 election results alongside his fellow inmates. "We were all glued to the television. ... When they finally announced that he was the winner, everyone there started screaming and yelling because they knew, they felt in their spirit that if President Trump wins this election, there's hope for all of us," he said.

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TV personalities Todd Chrisley (L) and Julie Chrisley attend the 52nd Academy Of Country Music Awards at Toshiba Plaza on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Todd and Julie were released from prison on May 28 after receiving full pardons from President Donald Trump one day prior. But they were initially only intended to receive reduced sentences.

Savannah said she remembers being "shocked" when President Trump, 79, called her to inform her about his plans for her parents.

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"He was like, 'How are you?' I was like, well, in the wise words of you fighting like hell. And I was like, I probably shouldn't have said that to the president, but it is President Trump," she shared during her family's interview with Lara. "A big thing was he asked Alice Johnson, 'Is this a commutation? Or is this a full pardon?' And she said, 'As of now, it's just a commutation.' He goes, 'Nope, Nope. We're going to give them a full pardon. These people get their lives back.' And I was just in such shock."

At one point, Lara, 42, asked Todd and Julie would "be here today" if not for daughter Savannah's efforts. "Absolutely not," Julie said as Todd noted, "How do you say 'thank you' to someone who gives you your freedom back?"

Leading up to this point, Savannah had been very outspoken amid the pair's appeal process and even delivered a speech at the 2024 Republican National Conventionin support of President Trump. Due to her prison reform activism pursuits, she was even named a Senior Fellow for the Nolan Center for Criminal Justice for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

At a press conference following his release, Todd thanked "every person that has prayed for us and stayed in the fight and fought for the truth to come out."

He also revealed how he found out that he would be going home, recalling, "I had a staff member that came to me and said, 'You've just been pardoned.’ And I just looked at him, and he says, 'No, really, you've been pardoned. It's in the news.'"

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After calling his daughter to confirm the news, he said, "I remember walking back from the phone and just feeling numb, not really knowing."

Julie also shared her emotional response to finding out about her release, revealing on My View with Lara Trump, "I called Savannah one more time, and she said, 'He did it, he signed it."

"And I just started busting out crying,” she added. “And everyone was looking around, and then I just hung up. I was so nervous, I just hung up."

The pardons put an end to a legal saga which led to the pair being indicted on 12 counts of bank and wired fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy and later convicted and sentenced to a combined 19 years in prison in November 2022 (though that number was reduced by around two years each in September 2023).

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They immediately began appealing their case, and while Todd’s appeal was upheld, Julie's was initially granted due to insufficient evidence. However, a judge later ruled that her original punishment was sufficient.

Danielle Del Valle/Getty for E3 Chophouse Nashville Julie Chrisley (L) and Todd Chrisley attend the grand opening of E3 Chophouse Nashville on November 20, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Next up, the pair are set to appear on ABC News Studios’ IMPACT x Nightline special The Chrisleys: Life After Lockup on June 29.

They will also sit down together for an appearance on Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley before returning to the airwaves with their own podcast.

Savannah revealed that the couple will be "relaunching" their podcast, Chrisley Confessions, which is under the PodcastOne umbrella like Savannah's and went on hiatus during their incarceration.

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"I am so excited for that … and for them to have a place to share their story and be truly authentically themselves after the past two and a half years," Savannah said.

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