Trump hints at possible fate of Lindsay Clancy after mistrial
Trump weighs in on the Lindsay Clancy trial after her case was declared a mistrial
The long-awaited trial of Lindsay Clancy, after weeks of court proceedings, has been declared a mistrial.
The case, which has already been hogging much media attention, has also implicated President Trump.
When one of the reporters asked him about the court case in Massachusetts, the president replied, "It's on television so much, it's hard not to follow it."
But on the jury's inability to reach a unanimous decision, Trump was straightforward in his response.
"It's a shame. It's a horrible tragedy," he told the reporters around him, according to Fox News.
As Clancy has been accused of killing her three children, which she herself admitted to doing, Trump also said, "She did a horrible, horrible thing. Can't be worse."
According to the president, after the case has been declared a mistrial, he said he believes the trial will restart with a new jury.
Given the nature of the crime Clancy is accused of, Trump said, "But you'll find out what the price to pay is. It's going to be a mental institution or jail or something."
Meanwhile, deadlock between the jurors, despite 36 hours of deliberations, resulted in a mistrial.
It is possible the prosecutors would retry Clancy with a new jury; however, according to CBS News, they have not decided it yet.
