Clancy pleaded not guilty to three murder charges for the deaths of her three children.
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Clancy's lawyer, denied one Hail Mary in court, throws the next on live TV to Trump
“You lose in front of twelve people, you don't go find a thirteenth — you go on morning television and find the one guy who can end it with a signature. That's not an appeal, that's an org chart, and the lawyer just told the whole country the courtroom is the undercard now. Watch how fast a one-hour Hail Mary in a courtroom turns into a permanent bypass once everybody's seen it can work on TV instead.”
“Look, the president can offer a personal reaction to a tragedy without that being some kind of legal signal, that's just basic human decency — the timing of doing it at an executive order signing wasn't great, sure, but sympathy isn't a pardon. A pardon is a formal legal instrument, it's not just something you're asked for on live national television by the defendant's own attorney with cameras rolling — okay, that is literally what happened, so, no, that's not the point I was making.”
The receipts
Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer Kevin Reddington directly appealed to President Trump early Tuesday following Friday's mistrial.
· Trump offers first comments on Lindsay Clancy case from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy trial juror appears to stand in the way of a unanimous verdict from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy judge to declare mistrial — but grants lawyer Hail Mary bid to appeal from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· Lindsay Clancy murder trial officially ends in mistrial after lawyer’s Hail Mary appeal denied from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026
· Texas Republican: 'I don't have an ounce of sympathy for Lindsay Clancy' from the morgue, 5 Sep 2026
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