Inmate records for Savannah Chrisley’s fiancé Jason Galanis show that he was reportedly praised for his good behavior in prison.
According to Federal Bureau of Prisons records filed in court, the 56-year-old received a glowing review in a July 2017 performance evaluation while he was serving as a volunteer teacher. Obtained by TMZ on Wednesday.
Prison officials reportedly said that Galanis – who was housed in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) at the time – tutored his fellow inmates and encouraged them to pursue their educational goals.
According to TMZ, Galanis earned the highest possible ratings in several categories in his evaluation, including quality and quantity of work, initiative, willingness to learn and ability to work with others.
The fraudster also received good marks for following instructions and working with observers.
Additionally, prison officials reportedly said that Galanis would promote him to a more demanding job with higher pay if he worked for them outside prison.
Galanis, once dubbed the “new king of porn”, was jailed in MCC after being sentenced to prison in 2017 for two separate fraud schemes, although both convictions were overturned. online records.
In September 2020, Galanis was sentenced to 189 months in prison for his role in multiple securities fraud schemes.
Galanis, who infamously served as former first son Hunter Biden’s business partner from 2012 to 2015, was found guilty of defrauding Native American tribes and investors out of millions of dollars.
Before the couple was pardoned by President Trump in March 2025, she spent time with Savannah’s father Todd Chrisley in a federal prison camp in Pensacola, Florida in 2023.
Galanis has since been identified as the man to whom Savannah, 29, is engaged and expecting a child.
Savannah said on Tuesday’s episode of her “Unlocked” podcast that the couple met through politics, when she was fighting for her father and mother Julie’s release from prison on bank and tax fraud charges.
The “Chrisley Knows Best” star also revealed that she and Galanis — who have a 27-year age difference — got engaged in December 2025, just five months after they started dating.
Galanis’ own brother, Derek, told Page Six on Wednesday that Savannah is Galanis’s “biggest thief ever,” and insisted that his brother is “not a changed man.”
Savannah, for its part, has rejected the backlash against Galanis.
She also penned a letter to her “innocent” unborn child via Instagram Stories on Tuesday, writing, “You are not a controversy.”