Trump Pardons Reality Show Couple Convicted Of Bank Fraud & Tax Crimes

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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We’re covering breaking news on presidential pardons. Reality television couple Todd and Julie Chrisley are getting out of federal prison. Plus, SpaceX lost contact with its Starship megarocket while conducting its ninth uncrewed test flight. The spacecraft likely broke apart over the Indian Ocean after losing control upon reentry to Earth. CNN Aerospace Analyst Miles O'Brien and CNN Space Analyst Kristin Fisher join our live coverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.7	Tonight on 360, breaking news on presidential pardons, a reality TV couple is granted freedom from
0:37.8	federal prison by the president.
0:40.1	Also tonight, the latest in the battle of Trump v. Harvard and the impact it may have
0:43.4	on our public health.
0:45.2	And later, a manhunt for a convicted rapist and killer who's also a former police chief.
0:50.0	He escaped in a prison in a phony uniform.
0:53.6	Authorities are warning he's extremely dangerous.
0:56.5	Good evening.
0:57.5	We begin tonight with the breaking news, new pardons by President Trump, and they're starting
1:00.9	to follow a pattern.
1:02.4	Late today, we learned from the White House that reality TV show couple Todd and Julie
1:05.9	Crisley are both getting full pardons.
1:08.6	They spent nearly three years in prison so far after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud
1:13.2	banks out of more than $30 million.
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