Trump declines to intervene in Clancy murder case

President Donald Trump said Sunday he does not plan to intervene in the Massachusetts murder case of Lindsay Clancy, telling reporters the matter is a state situation, not a federal one. His comments came after Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, publicly asked Trump to consider pardoning the former nurse, who is charged with killing her three young children in 2023. "There is no winner there. There's no win, no matter what you do. Three children are dead," Trump said during a press availability. He added that he hopes both sides "work it out," calling it a very sad situation. The case stems from the January 2023 deaths of Clancy's children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan, at their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Clancy, 36, has admitted to strangling the children but has pleaded not guilty, arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity. A mistrial was declared on September 4 after jurors deadlocked following nearly a week of deliberations. Reports indicate a single holdout juror prevented a unanimous verdict, with the other 11 jurors reportedly favoring an insanity defense finding.