Lindsay Clancys lawyer asks Trump to consider pardoning his client in stunning GMA plea

Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer Kevin Reddington directly appealed to President Trump early Tuesday to pardon the killer mom after her murder trial ended in a mistrial last week.Addressing the president directly on “GMA” when asked by host George Stephanopoulos what was next for Clancy, Reddington said, “I would hope that you would consider this young lady – the type of person she is and what she’s been through – and consider a pardon.”The stunning request came at the end of the brief sitdown with the ABC anchor, in which he called his client “a wonderful, wonderful person.”Reddington said he wished he had been more “circumspect” before saying his case “crushed” District Attorney Tim Cruz, but said he did not regret his braggadocious word choice.He also addressed statements he made following the jury’s 11-1 split indicating he was upset, insisting he wasn’t angry about the holdout juror, but because of “all the work everyone put into this, including the jurors.”“I would defend that individual’s right to be a holdout forever, that’s part of our judicial system.I respect that and I would certainly defend his right to do that,” he said.His frustration with the lone holdout – who he said he didn’t think was living out a “12 Angry Men” scenario – was because of a note from the jury forelady that said he “had doubt but would not apply reasonable doubt” to his vote on the verdict.“That I objected to,” Reddington said.He rebuffed the “outright falsehoods” that came out during the trial claiming Clancy’s husband, Patrick, was involved in the death.“It has to stop and there should be consequences,” he said.Reddington also placed blame for the tragic death of the couple’s three children squarely on the system failing Clancy, who he said was suffering from post-partum depression and couldn’t get help.He pointed out that meeting her psychiatrist – who had billed herself as an expert on post-partum dep...