By Molly Claire Goddard
2:47am PDT, May 30, 2025
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One imprisoned star isn't happy with
Donald Trump pardoning the Chrisleys.
On Wednesday, May 28,
Tiger King star
Joe Exotic took to X to slam the president for relieving
Todd Chrisley and
Julie Chrisley from their jail sentences but not giving him his freedom after being put behind bars for plotting a murder-for-hire against his nemesis
Carole Baskin.
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"I guess being innocent is not enough in America," Joe Exotic wrote in the social media update after Donald Trump freed Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley on Tuesday, May 27. "I'm left to
die of [prostate] cancer before I can get any help."
"Why is it the entire world can see the evidence, but the White House refuses to acknowledge," the former animal park operator added.
In another lengthy
post, he added, "Joe Exotic did not hurt anyone. Joe Exotic did not pay anyone. Joe Exotic had no plans to hurt anyone. Joe Exotic has suffered seven years behind bars being isolated, abused and treated in ways no American should ever endure. Joe Exotic has no prior criminal record and is not a danger to society."
In January 2020, Joe was sentenced to 22 years in prison for allegedly hiring people to try to kill Carole Baskin and five tigers. The Netflix star is currently incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas.
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In March, Joe Exotic made another plea to Donald Trump and vowed that he, along with his husband,
Jorge Marquez, would flee the U.S. if he's pardoned.
"You could deport him at some point, but if you let me go, we'll both go to Mexico, which will save you the cost of deporting him and allow you to take care of me. No matter what happens, he's my husband and we'll never abandon each other. This bond is that strong," he penned in an update shared to
X.
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After being jailed in January 2023, Donald Trump notified Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley's daughter
Savannah Chrisley that he would be granting them clemency.
"Your
parents are going to be free and clean and I hope we can do it by tomorrow," the U.S. leader told the 27-year-old on a phone call. "I don't know them, but give them my regards and wish them a good life."
In November 2022, the
Chrisley Knows Best couple were ordered to serve a combined 19 years behind bars on charges including fraud and tax evasion.
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Savannah Chrisley had long been pleading with Donald Trump to pardon Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley. Now that the commander-in-chief has brought her parents home, she's vowed to always remain loyal to Donald.
"The president called me personally as I was walking into Sam's Club and notified me that he was signing paper pardon paperwork for both of my parents," the former pageant queen explained in an Instagram video. "So, both my parents are coming home tonight [Tuesday] or tomorrow [Wednesday] and I still don't believe it's real. I'm freaking out. The fact that the president called me."
"I will forever be grateful for President Trump, his administration and everyone along the way, all of my lawyers, the people who put in countless hours and effort and love for my family to make sure that my parents got home," Savannah continued. "My parents get to start their lives over. President Trump didn't just commute their sentences, he gave them a full unconditional pardon. So for that, I am forever grateful."
