Donald Trump: "Look, she did a horrible, horrible thing. Can't be worse,'"

At a Washington press conference on an unrelated topic Friday, President Donald Trump commented on the mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy’s murder case. Clancy, a former Massachusetts labor-and-delivery nurse, was charged with first-degree murder after her three children—Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months—were killed in January 2023; she then tried to take her own life. She pleaded not guilty but did not dispute the killings; her lawyers cited postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors claimed deliberate intent. Jurors deadlocked after more than 38 hours, and Judge William F. Sullivan declared a mistrial after Massachusetts’ highest court declined to intervene. Trump said he had followed the widely covered case, expected another trial, and stated Clancy would face consequences. A September 29 hearing is scheduled.