Trump says Lindsay Clancy will still pay 'a price' after mistrial
President Donald Trump said Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mother charged with murdering her three children, will still pay "a price" after a mistrial was declared in her case.
"It's a terrible situation," Trump said Sept. 4 during an Oval Office event. "Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can't be worse. But you'll find out what the price to pay is, there'll be a price. It's going to be mental institution or jail or something."
Clancy, 36, strangled her young children with workout bands in the family's home on Jan. 24, 2023, according to officials, before attempting to take her own life. Her lawyers did not dispute the facts surrounding her children's deaths, but said she suffered from postpartum depression and psychosis and shouldn't be held criminally responsible in a case that has gripped the nation.
Lindsay Clancy and attorney Kevin Reddington look at jurors as Judge William Sullivan instructs them to continue deliberations in Clancy's murder trial on Sept. 4, 2026.
(Greg Derr, The Patriot Ledger via USA TODAY Network)
Jurors in Clancy's trial failed to return a unanimous verdict after 38 hours of deliberation, resulting in Judge William Sullivan declaring a mistrial Sept. 4. Prosecutors must now decide whether to retry Clancy.
"I guess they're going to go through another trial," Trump said. "It's too bad."
Asked if he had been following the trial, Trump said: "It's hard not to, it's on television so much."
"It's a shame," the president said. "It's a horrible tragedy."
Contributing: Melina Khan
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