# Trump says Lindsay Clancy case is a ‘state situation’ following attorney’s pardon plea

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/trump-says-lindsay-clancy-case-is-a-state-situation-following-attorneys-pardon-plea/
- Published: 2026-09-13T19:58:28+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-13T20:18:44+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-lindsay-clancy-case-state-situation-following-attorneys-pardon-plea
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Trump declines to pardon Lindsay Clancy, calls it a state matter
- Attorney Kevin Reddington had publicly requested a pardon for her
- Clancy faces retrial for murdering her three children

## Summary

US President Donald Trump has indicated he will not intervene in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three young children, calling it a "state situation" rather than a federal matter he could pardon. His comments came in response to a public appeal from Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, who had asked Trump to grant his client a pardon. The remarks effectively rule out federal intervention, leaving the case to be resolved through Massachusetts's own legal system.

Trump described the case as "very sad", saying "there's no winner" given that three children had died, but stopped short of criticising the defence's efforts, praising Reddington as "a very good attorney" and expressing hope that the matter could be "worked out" locally. Clancy, a 36-year-old former nurse, faces three counts of first-degree murder over the deaths of her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, amid claims she was suffering postpartum psychosis at the time. She attempted suicide after the killings and was left paralysed as a result of her injuries; her case is heading towards a retrial after a previous mistrial.

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