Julie Chrisley is all smiles while out and about after being released from prison.
Per photos obtained by Fox News Digital on Thursday, May 29, Julie, 52, rocked her natural brown and gray hair while leaving a butcher shop in Nashville, Tennessee.
The outing comes hours after Todd, 56, and Julie were reunited in an Instagram Story shared by daughter Savannah. The post featured a sticker that read, “Reunited and it feels so good!”
The couple were released from prison on Wednesday, May 28. One of Savannah’s brothers went to pick up Julie from the detention center in Kentucky, while she retrieved Todd from a Pensacola, Florida, prison. (Todd and Julie share sons Chase and Grayson, as well as adopted daughter Chloe, who is the biological child of Todd’s son Kyle. He is also dad to daughter Lindsie from a previous marriage.)
“My parents have not spoken to each other, heard each other’s voices or seen each other in the past two and a half years,” Savannah, 27, told reporters. “Their 29th wedding anniversary was May 25, so we’re only a few days out from that. So when they reunite, we’re going to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, Christmases, all the things, because we’re going to make up for lost time.”
Todd and Julie were first indicted in 2019 on charges of tax evasion, bank and wire fraud and conspiracy. After being found guilty, the couple reported to prison in January 2023 to serve a combined 19-year sentence. Julie was initially sentenced to seven years, while Todd received 12 years. However, later that year, their sentences were each reduced by nearly two years.
News broke on Tuesday, May 27, that Todd and Julie had been pardoned by President Donald Trump.
“It’s a terrible thing but it’s a great thing, because your parents are going to be free and clean,” Trump, 78, said to Savannah via a phone call shared via X. “I hope we can do it by tomorrow. I don’t know them, but give them my regards. Wish them a good life.”
Trump claimed that Todd and Julie were given “pretty harsh treatment.” He added, “Congratulate your parents. I hear they’re terrific people. This should not have happened. … They have good children. You’re no longer children, but I’ll say it anyway. They have good children, don’t they?”
Savannah, for her part, celebrated the release of her parents.
“For the past two and a half years, I’ve done everything in my power to fight for my parents’ freedom and bring them home,” Savannah said in a statement shared with Us Weekly. “This moment is the answer to countless prayers, and I am beyond grateful to President Trump for seeing the truth and restoring my family.”
She continued, “I also want to thank Alice Marie Johnson for her unwavering support and our attorney, Alex Little, for being an essential part of this process. Today is a victory for our family, but the fight against wrongful convictions and injustice within our prison system is far from over. I will continue to use my voice and platform to advocate for those who do not have one. Family is everything to me, and I will never stop fighting for what is right.”
