Savannah Chrisley cried when Donald Trump was elected US President as it gave her hope her parents would be released from prison.

Todd Chrisley and his wife Julie were jailed in 2023 after being found guilty of 12 counts of tax evasion and fraud with Todd, 56, sentenced to 12 years behind bars and Julie, 52, ordered to serve seven.

However, last month they were freed after being pardoned by Trump and Savannah, 27, believed a win for Trump was their "only way out".

Speaking on Fox News Channel's My View with Lara Trump, she said: "Grayson [Savannah's brother] and I watched the election together, and he got to vote in the election for the first time. And when we were watching it and we saw the president win, we both started sobbing. And he just grabbed me and hugged me because we knew that was our only way out."

Todd spoke about watching the election in prison, saying: "We were all glued to the television. When they finally announced that he was the winner, everyone there started screaming and yelling because they knew, they felt in their spirit that if President Trump wins this election, there's hope for all of us."

Savannah also revealed the 79-year-old president called her to tell her about his plans for her parents.

She said: "He was like, 'How are you?' I was like, well, in the wise words of you fighting like hell. And I was like, I probably shouldn't have said that to the president, but it is President Trump. A big thing was he asked Alice Johnson, 'Is this a commutation? Or is this a full pardon?' And she said, 'As of now, it's just a commutation.' He goes, 'Nope, Nope. We're going to give them a full pardon. These people get their lives back.' And I was just in such shock."

Julie shared about the moment she found out about her pardon, saying: "I called Savannah one more time, and she said, 'He did it, he signed it'.

"And I just started busting out crying. And everyone was looking around, and then I just hung up. I was so nervous, I just hung up."