President Donald Trump responds after Lindsay Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington appealed to him following her mistrial. Clancy remains charged in the 2023 deaths of her children Cora, Dawson and Callan, and the case remains unresolved. Clancy’s murder trial ended in a mistrial on September 4 after jurors could not unanimously decide whether she was criminally responsible. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis rendered her legally insane; prosecutors argue she understood her actions. Reddington publicly asked Trump to consider a pardon, but Clancy is being prosecuted under Massachusetts law. A president’s constitutional pardon authority applies to federal offenses, so Trump correctly characterized the prosecution as a state matter. Trump told reporters there was “no win” in the situation because three children are dead. Asked whether he would contact the state prosecutor, Trump praised Reddington as an attorney but said he hoped the parties could work it out themselves.
