Trump Says Lindsay Clancy Case Is State Matter Beyond His Pardon Power

President Donald Trump said he would not intervene in Lindsay Clancy’s Massachusetts murder case after her attorney publicly asked him to grant her a pardon following a mistrial. Trump said the matter is a state case, beyond the president’s pardon authority, and called the deaths of Clancy’s three children a “very sad situation” with “no winner.” He praised attorney Kevin Reddington but said the defense and prosecution must resolve the case locally. Clancy still faces three first-degree murder charges; her defense has argued that postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible, while prosecutors have not announced whether they will seek a retrial.