United States (US) president Donald Trump on Sunday, September 13, 2026, said he would not intervene in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her three young children.
36-year-old Clancy, faces three counts of first-degree murder over the January 2023 deaths of her children, 5-year old Cora, 3-year old Dawson, and 8-month old Callan.
Trump made his position known when asked whether he would pardon Clancy, whose lawyer had publicly appealed to him to intervene in the case.
“It’s a very sad situation. There is no winner there. There is no win no matter what you do. Three children are dead,” Trump said.
Trump noted that the case was a state matter and therefore outside his pardon authority.
Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, had asked Trump last week to pardon his client, while acknowledging that the president does not have the authority to pardon someone convicted of a state offence.
Trump praised Reddington as a good lawyer and said the matter should be resolved at the state level.
“He’s a good attorney. I’ve heard from other people he’s a very good attorney,” Trump said.
“I hope they can work it out. That’s something they have to work out … There is no win there.”
Clancy’s defence has argued that she suffered from postpartum psychosis, a severe psychiatric condition that can cause a loss of contact with reality after childbirth.
After the deaths of her children, Clancy attempted suicide and suffered injuries that left her paralysed.
Her first trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict following a week of deliberations.
The jury was split 11-1, with 11 jurors favouring an acquittal on the grounds that Clancy was not criminally responsible for the killings.
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