Julie Chrisley Recalls 'Busting Out Crying' After Learning About Her Pardon from Savannah: 'I'm Getting Out of Here'

Julie Chrisley is speaking retired for nan first clip precisely 1 period aft returning home.

The Chrisley Knows Best matriarch, 52, made her first nationalist remarks since her merchandise from situation successful a preview for a June 28 question and reply connected FOX News Channel's My View pinch Lara Trump. In nan short clip, Julie shared her guidance to learning that President Donald Trump granted her and her hubby Todd Chrisley afloat pardons, relieving them of nan serving nan remainder of their 2022 condemnation for slope fraud and taxation evasion.

"I called Savannah 1 much time, and she said, 'He did it, he signed it,'" Julie recalled of nan infinitesimal her 27-year-old girl delivered nan news. "And I conscionable started busting retired crying. And everyone was looking around, and past I conscionable hung up. I was truthful nervous, I conscionable hung up."

Seated beside her were Todd, 56, Savannah and boy Grayson, 19, who smiled arsenic they listened to her show nan communicative to big Lara Trump, who is besides President Trump's daughter-in-law.

"It was nan craziest thing, and everybody was conscionable looking astatine me, because unfortunately, astir of nan news that you get successful situation is bad news," Julie continued. "So they're like, 'Are you okay?' I'm like, 'I am. I'm getting retired of here. I'm getting retired of here!'"

Todd besides reflected connected really he sewage connection of his release: "This feline stops maine and goes, 'Man, I deliberation you conscionable sewage pardoned.' And I said, 'Yeah, okay.' And I conscionable kept connected walking. So erstwhile I went into my dorm, 1 of nan guys, nan COs, he came by and he goes, 'Are you good?' And I said, 'As bully arsenic I tin be.' And he said, 'Todd, you conscionable sewage pardoned. They sent maine down present to make judge you're okay.'"

"I said, 'Well, they don't request to beryllium worrying astir maine now. Hell, if I'm pardoned, I'm great,'" he jokes, going connected to convey God, who he believes "touched President Trump's heart."

"God led nan group to advocator for us," Todd concluded. "And truthful I'm grateful because each nighttime I would believe that God would return maine location to my woman and my children. And he did that, truthful I'm grateful.

The official Instagram page for nan show besides posted a bid of down nan scenes images and a video from nan time they recorded nan segment. The first photograph saw Lara subordinate nan family arsenic they grin for a group photo, while nan video captured nan infinitesimal nan big kicking disconnected nan interview.

Todd made his return to nan spotlight conscionable 2 days aft his release, holding a press conference connected Friday, May 30 pinch Savannah successful Nashville. He began by thanking “every personification that has prayed for america and stayed successful nan conflict and fought for nan truth to travel out,” earlier explaining why Julie wasn’t present.

“Julie, who is simply a wonderful, decent, God-fearing woman, that I americium blessed to person been joined to and been pinch for complete 30 years now, an fantabulous mother, she is astatine location pinch Chloe correct now,” he shared of nan 12-year-old, who is nan biologic girl of his son Kyle Chrisley, though Todd and Julie adopted her successful 2016. "Chloe will not fto her go, truthful we’re blessed to person our family back.”

He went connected to gush complete Julie being his “best friend” who has been done “all nan ups and downs” of life with.

“It was awesome to beryllium home,” Todd said. “No matter wherever that is, arsenic agelong arsenic she's there, it's home.”

Julie has been spotted retired successful public, first stepping retired spotted retired connected May 29 aft spending 2 years down bars successful a Kentucky facility. Photos shared by Fox News Digital captured Julie smiling arsenic she ran errands successful Nashville and sported her earthy grey hair.

That aforesaid day, she reunited pinch Todd, who had been successful a abstracted situation successful Florida. 

Todd and Julie will beryllium reviving their podcast to stock much astir their acquisition successful prison.

This won't beryllium nan past nan nationalist will beryllium proceeding from nan Todd and Julie together. In the June 3 section of Unlocked pinch Savannah Chrisley, Savannah revealed that her parents would beryllium appearing connected her podcast in nan adjacent future.

She besides revealed that nan mates will beryllium "relaunching" their podcast, Chrisley Confessions, which is nether nan PodcastOne umbrella for illustration Savannah's and went connected hiatus during their incarceration.

"I americium truthful excited for that … and for them to person a spot to stock their communicative and beryllium genuinely authentically themselves aft nan past 2 and a half years," Savannah said.

The mates were indicted successful August 2019 and later convicted and sentenced to a mixed 19 years successful situation successful November 2022 (though that number was reduced by astir 2 years each successful September 2023).

They instantly began appealing their case, and while Todd’s entreaty was upheld, Julie's was initially granted owed to insufficient evidence. However, a judge later ruled that her original reward was sufficient. 

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Lara Trump’s question and reply pinch Julie, Todd, Savannah and Grayson Chrisley is airing Saturday, June 28, astatine 9 p.m. ET during FOX News Channel’s My View pinch Lara Trump.