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The Chrisleys Claimed Political Persecution to Get a Trump Pardon, but Records Tell a Different Story
The Chrisleys claimed they were victims of political persecution as they sought a pardon, but court records tell a different story.
In 2016, Todd Chrisleysaid he was not impressed with Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, saying the choice left the country “up shit’s creek without a paddle.” On a recent podcast, Savannah Chrisley said she was “not involved in politics really at all” until two years ago, when her parents were sent to prison. Though prosecutors did not discuss politics, they did underscore Todd Chrisley’s “greed” and his spending habits, noting that he would frequently fly from Atlanta to Los Angeles to have his hair cut. The claim of political bias did not emerge during the trial, nor in the appeal, nor in a separate proceeding in which the Chrisleys alleged they were targeted due to their celebrity status by a state tax investigator who happens to be a Republican.
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