The Chrisley Is aware of Greatest stars had been convicted in 2022 of financial institution fraud and tax evasion, although they’ve maintained their innocence all through. Todd and Julie had been initially sentenced to 12 and 7 years, respectively, in 2023, earlier than their sentences had been diminished to 10 and 5 years — earlier than Trump vacated them solely this week.

Throughout his opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Stay on Wednesday night time, the speak present host poked enjoyable at Trump’s “uncommon day of forgiveness,” through which he granted a number of pardons.

“, we are saying loads concerning the president. A few of it isn’t flattering, a few of it’s important, I am going to admit that, nevertheless it isn’t truthful to focus solely on the adverse. We should always give attention to the positives too. And as we speak, President Trump confirmed that he isn’t only a dishonest, divisive, money-grubbing, golf ball-pounding narcissist who cares solely about himself. He’s additionally able to exhibiting compassion, and he did that as we speak. This afternoon, Donald Trump granted a full and unconditional pardon to Todd and Julie Chrisley.”

Kimmel added that the couple are actuality TV stars “similar to Trump,” recalling that when he first watched Chrisley Is aware of Greatest, he “thought there have been actors in a parody of a actuality present,” and thought Julie was a “girl who married her personal ventriloquist dummy or one thing.”

“This can be a actual couple,” Kimmel stated whereas exhibiting a photograph of Todd, 56, and Julie, 52. “It isn’t a mother and her homosexual actual property dealer son.”

The comic then advised his viewers concerning the couple’s conviction, saying how a jury “discovered them responsible of conspiring to defraud neighborhood banks out of greater than $30 million in fraudulent loans.”

“That occurs to be a problem that may be very expensive to President Trump. He has a comfortable spot in his coronary heart for fraud,” Kimmel joked.

After exhibiting a video of Trump calling Todd and Julie’s youngsters — Savannah and Chase — from the Oval Workplace to inform them the information, Kimmel cracked, “He would not know these individuals. He simply noticed some fellow criminals in want,” earlier than then enjoying a clip that Savannah, 27, shared to her Instagram, through which she praised Trump for pardoning her dad and mom.

“I’m endlessly grateful. Thanks, President Trump, and I vow to face subsequent to you and your administration and exposing the corruption and proceed combating for the women and men which can be in jail,” she stated partly.

“Cool, we’ll get you a ticket on the following flight to El Salvador,” Kimmel joked. “There are lots of people you possibly can battle for down there.”

The host went on to focus on a few of Trump’s different latest pardons for right-leaning individuals convicted of crimes, together with Paul Walczak, a former nursing dwelling government sentenced for tax crimes — and whose mom attended Trump’s latest $1-million-per-head fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

“So he is man!” Kimmel stated sarcastically, earlier than noting that he had a $1 million “get out of jail free card” that “will likely be hand delivered by his mommy.”

“I do not wish to go down the if Biden did this street, however the man stole from nursing dwelling staff to purchase a yacht!” he added. “And will we hear something from Congress? No. That sound you hear coming from the Republican aspect of the aisle is crickets, particularly those they feed Ted Cruz at night time.”

Take a look at Kimmel’s full monologue, within the video, above!