Mama June Shannon, Who Dealt with Her Own Legal Battles, Hopes Todd and Julie Chrisley 'Learned Something' from Prison (Exclusive)

Mama June Shannon has immoderate proposal for nan Chrisleys.

In an exclusive question and reply pinch PEOPLE, nan reality star, 45, reacted to President Donald Trump pardoning Todd and Julie Chrisley connected May 27. Though she was happy that they'd beryllium returning to their family, she had a connection of proposal aft going done her ain ineligible troubles.

Todd, 56, and his woman Julie, 52, were serving a mixed 19 years successful prison after being convicted of taxation evasion and slope fraud. The reality tv mates reported to situation successful January 2023. In a video shared to Instagram, their girl Savannah Chrisley revealed that Trump had called her personally to pass her of their pardons aft months of trying to entreaty their case.

"I've told galore group that nan Chrisleys, they tin beryllium bully group and they're funny group and I emotion them all. And I emotion grandma [Faye]," she said, earlier referencing her ain ineligible battles. "But now that they are getting wholly pardoned, conscionable for illustration myself, I didn't spell to jail. I conscionable had to beryllium bully for a year."

Shannon added that she hoped nan mates "learned something" from their "little slap connected nan wrist."

"This slap connected nan wrist whitethorn not beryllium a slap connected nan wrist adjacent time," she added.

Shannon was arrested successful March 2019 for being successful possession of a controlled constituent aft she allegedly had ace cocaine and a ace tube connected her. Her fellow astatine nan time, Eugene Edward "Geno" Doak, was besides arrested. Geno faced charges for third-degree home violence, possession of a controlled constituent and possession of supplier paraphernalia.

Following nan incident, Shannon's girl Lauryn "Pumpkin" Efird took custody of her youngest, Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson. At nan time, Thompson was conscionable 14.

After their March arrests, Shannon and Doak were deed pinch felony charges. The expansive assemblage indictment successful Alabama stated that Shannon "did unlawfully posses a controlled substance, to-wit: Cocaine" and "did unlawfully posses pinch intent to usage to inject, ingest, inhale aliases different present into nan quality body, supplier paraphernalia, to wit: a pipe."

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Although nan paraphernalia was a misdemeanor charge, nan supplier possession complaint was a felony.

The pursuing month, some Shannon and Doak pled not guilty to nan charges against them. Shannon was reportedly sentenced to 100 hours of organization service.