President Trump just weighed in on one of the most heartbreaking and talked-about trials in recent memory—and his words came just moments after the courtroom erupted in shock.
Speaking from the Oval Office on Friday, Trump addressed the Lindsay Clancy case, which ended in a mistrial after jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. “I assume there’s going to be another trial. It’s a terrible situation,” he told reporters, adding that Clancy “did a horrible, horrible thing” and that “there’ll be a price to pay.”
Clancy, a 36-year-old Massachusetts mother, admitted to strangling her three young children—Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan—in January 2023. Her defense team argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time, entering a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.
The jury deliberated for parts of seven days before telling the judge they were deadlocked. Under Massachusetts law, prosecutors had to prove Clancy was sane and criminally responsible—not the other way around.
According to reports, one male juror reportedly held out against an 11-to-1 vote for acquittal, according to Clancy’s defense attorney Kevin Reddington. He said the forelady indicated that one person “would not listen to the law.”
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz said he hasn’t yet decided whether to retry Clancy, seek a plea deal, or drop the case entirely. For now, she remains at Tewksbury Hospital, a psychiatric facility, and is due back in court on September 29.
The case has sparked intense national debate about mental health and postpartum care. Trump admitted it’s “on television so much, it’s hard not to follow it.”
With a mistrial declared and the next steps still up in the air, one big question remains: will this family tragedy ever see a final verdict?
