Rewind: Chrisley Didn’t Know Best
The Bravo Docket
Cesie and Angela
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
Legal Team, this week we’re replaying a timely episode following the news that President Trump has pardoned Todd and Julie Chrisley, leading to their release from prison. At the top of the episode, we break down what a presidential pardon actually means—and what it doesn’t. Then we dive into the Chrisleys’ dramatic fall from grace. Todd and Julie, stars of Chrisley Knows Best, were convicted of fraudulently obtaining millions in loans using forged documents and evading taxes, but their legal troubles started long before reality TV. This jam-packed episode covers everything from early schemes dating back to 2009 to messy family drama, multiple state and federal investigations, scorned exes, and a laundry list of allegations: RICO, bankruptcy fraud, wire fraud, tax evasion, extortion, defamation, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:13.3 | Welcome to the Bravo Docket. |
| 0:15.2 | We're your favorite reality TV drama meets the courtroom. |
| 0:18.9 | I'm Sessie. |
| 0:19.9 | And I'm Angela and we're two attorneys with a passion |
| 0:22.3 | for pop culture here to dive into the juiciest lawsuits and legal battles in the world of reality |
| 0:27.1 | TV. Whether you're here for the facts, fun, or just some law 101. Let's get into today's case. |
| 0:36.1 | So in light of Todd and Julie Crisly being pardoned by President Trump, we wanted to |
| 0:42.5 | re-release the episodes you can understand what crimes they committed and were charged with. |
| 0:49.4 | We also have some episodes about their sentencing, which we are linking in the show notes for this episode. |
| 0:56.5 | But before we get into the re-release, I wanted to talk about what the presidential pardon power |
| 1:01.9 | is, because it kind of seems like just a little magic wand that the president has to let |
| 1:08.1 | criminals run free. To an extent, it is a little magic wand that the president |
| 1:12.8 | gets. And it is a power that is given to the president through Article 2, Section 2, |
| 1:19.2 | Clause 1 of the Constitution. And it says the president shall have power to grant reprieves |
| 1:25.9 | and pardons for offenses against the United States, except |
| 1:29.1 | in cases of impeachment. According to the Supreme Court, the pardon power is intended as a tool |
| 1:35.3 | for justice and mercy. As one federal court has held, the president who exercises that power as the |
| 1:41.3 | elected representative of all the people must always exercise it in the |
| 1:46.2 | public interest. While the presidential pardon power is expansive, it is not limitless. The pardon clause |
| 1:53.0 | makes explicit that pardons may only extend to quote offenses against the United States, |
| 1:57.9 | meaning state criminal offenses and civil liability aren't pardonable. |
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