Overview
- Gia Giudice told Fox 5 New York on Wednesday that she and her team filed a "humanitarian packet" asking President Trump to pardon her father so he could come back to the U.S. or obtain visitation.
- Joe Giudice is living in the Bahamas, and Gia said he is doing well and that she plans to visit him there to maintain family ties.
- The Giudice legal team is pursuing both clemency and immigration options but has warned the process is slow, legally complex and offers no assurance of success.
- Joe was deported to Italy in March 2019 after serving about 41 months in prison for fraud-related convictions that bar him from reentering the United States.
- Gia previously publicly campaigned for a pardon in 2025 and drew social-media backlash for perceived privilege, and the family cites recent celebrity pardons as hope while President Trump has not publicly responded.