Trump declines appeal to pardon mother accused of killing three children

US President Donald Trump has said he will not intervene in the case of Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her three young children.

Clancy, 36, faces three counts of first-degree murder over the January 2023 deaths of her children, Cora, five, Dawson, three, and eight-month-old Callan.

Trump made his position known on Sunday when asked whether he would pardon Clancy, whose lawyer had publicly appealed to him to intervene.

“It’s a very sad situation.

“There is no winner there. There is no win no matter what you do. Three children are dead. So, I don’t know. It’s actually a state situation, you know, not a federal,” Trump said.

Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, had asked Trump last week to pardon his client, while acknowledging that the President does not have the authority to pardon someone convicted of a state offence.

Trump said the case should be resolved at the state level and praised Reddington as a good lawyer.

“He’s a good attorney. I’ve heard from other people he’s a very good attorney.

“I hope they can work it out. That’s something they have to work out … There is no win there,” Trump said.

Clancy’s defence has argued that she suffered from postpartum psychosis, a severe psychiatric condition that can cause a loss of contact with reality after childbirth.

After the deaths of her children, Clancy attempted suicide and suffered injuries that left her paralysed.

Her first trial ended in a mistrial earlier this month after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict following a week of deliberations.

The jury was reportedly split 11-1, with 11 jurors favouring an acquittal on the grounds that Clancy was not criminally responsible for the killings.