Reality star Savannah Chrisley speaks on stage during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.
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Reality star Savannah Chrisley is using the incarceration of her real estate mogul parents to question the fairness of the federal justice system.
“You may have seen my family on television; but for the past decade, we’ve been gripped by a different kind of drama,” she said at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, dedicated to discussing safety, including criminal justice. ) section.
Her comments echo those of Trump, who has accused prosecutors of pursuing a political agenda against him and vowed to reshape the Justice Department if he is reelected. He faces criminal charges in Fulton County, Georgia, for election interference, among many cases filed against him.
“My family has been persecuted by rogue prosecutors in Fulton County because of our public image – I know, Fulton County, they know what to do, don’t they – because of our public image and conservative beliefs,” Grams said. Risley continued.
chrisley is best known for chrisley knows bestis an American television network show about her wealthy Southern family, which airs until 2023 and focuses on her parents, real estate mogul Todd Chrisley and his wife Julie.
She said her parents were defrauded by a dishonest business partner and subsequently cooperated with federal authorities.
The jury found the couple guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans by submitting false documents and other methods, the Associated Press reported. Todd and Julie were ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution and were sentenced to 12 and 7 years in prison respectively. They report to prison in January 2023.
“I will never forget what the prosecutor said in front of an Obama-appointed judge in the most Democratic county in the state,” she said Tuesday. “He calls us the Trumps of the South.”
“He meant it as an insult. But let me tell you, I wear it like a badge of honor,” she added, to cheers from the convention audience.
She said federal prosecutors targeted Trump for his political views while being more lenient toward President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter. She also criticized former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon, who was sentenced to four months in prison for refusing to comply with a congressional investigation.
Trump himself was found guilty by a jury of falsifying records to cover up the hush money payments.
“Donald J. Trump has only one important belief,” Chrisley said. “That’s his belief in making America great again.”
The sentences of Todd and Julie Chrisley were later reduced to 10 and 5 years in prison respectively, and Julie’s sentence was sent back to the lower court in June for review.
Rachel Treisman contributed reporting.
