Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill says his federal trial isn’t unlike the one that reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley faced, even with the same judge.
During this week’s episode of Savannah Chrisley’s podcast, she and the former sheriff compared their cases and found several similarities.
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“What happened to your family is actually what happened to me twice,” he said. “The first time it happened, I was running to take the seat back again and was indicted on a 37-count RICO charge.”
Hill is referencing a 2012 indictment that alleged he used county cars for getaways and county credit cards for shopping sprees .
“Twenty-seven of them alleged that I drove my assigned police car out of town, and they said that every time I put gas in it, that was a RICO charge. So they made it a felony, and they said that by doing this, I was running a criminal organization,” Hill said on the podcast.
But he says that his treatment during the trial was similar to what the Chrisley family experienced during their federal trial.