The reality star remains hopeful that Donald Trump will grant him a pardon. Chrisley’s lawyer Jay Surgent told TMZ on Wednesday that the Chrisley Knows Best star — who is currently serving a 12-year sentence in Florida — that Chrisley is hopeful that President Donald Trump will soon grant him a pardon. According to the outlet, Chrisley’s cell is regularly “shaken down” by prison guards who flip over his mattress and throw his books around. He claimed that a guard had also poured a can of Pepsi over his bed.
Although other inmates were allowed to have stickers in their cells, Surgent alleges that only the reality star’s sticker was removed. The Independent has reached out to FPC Pensacola for comment. Surgent said Chrisley had an administrative role in the prison chapel as an Assistant to the Chaplain, helping with “the set-up for religious procedures for various religious affiliations that are Christian, Jewish, and Muslim.”.
However, he lost his job and access to his small office because he “was speaking with various inmates” who were a part of the prison’s Residental Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). According to Surgent, Chrisley “wasn't even given any reason for” why he was dismissed from the position after two years. Surgent shared his belief that prison officials didn’t want Chrisley to be associated with inmates in the RDAP because they “get to go out into the community during the day and work,” while sleeping at the facility at night. He noted that Chrisley “has a history of reporting problems that exist in his institution in Pensacola,” which is why the attorney believes that prison officials didn’t want him to speak to these inmates.
