Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Steps Into Lindsay Clancy Juror Firestorm — Makes BIG Move After Controversial NBC Report
DeSantis Makes Offer To Holdout Lindsay Clancy Juror
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has inserted himself into the growing controversy surrounding the lone holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, offering the unidentified man what he called “asylum” in Florida if he is being harassed.
The Republican governor made the offer after NBC10 Boston published a report examining domestic-violence allegations and other information from the juror’s personal history following the mistrial.
“A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected,” DeSantis wrote on social media.
“Another low for legacy media,” he added.
DeSantis then extended his unusual invitation directly to the holdout.
“If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” DeSantis wrote.
NBC10 Boston reported Friday that court records and interviews with relatives revealed allegations of domestic violence involving the juror as well as a restraining order that was reportedly active during jury selection.
A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media.
If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed… https://t.co/1kRMNAbaYD
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) September 11, 2026
The station framed its reporting around questions about whether information in the juror’s background should have been disclosed during the jury-selection process.
The allegations reported by NBC are separate from the evidence the juror heard during Clancy’s trial and do not establish that he acted improperly while serving on the panel.
The juror became the focus of intense national attention after Clancy’s six-week trial ended with an 11-1 deadlock over whether she should be found not criminally responsible for killing her three children.
Clancy admitted strangling 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan inside the family’s Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023.
Her attorneys argued that severe mental illness, including what they described as postpartum psychosis, left her without criminal responsibility for the killings.
Prosecutors maintained that Clancy understood her actions and deliberately killed the children.
Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial September 4 after approximately 38 hours of deliberations failed to produce a unanimous decision.
Defense attorney Kevin Reddington said afterward that 11 jurors were prepared to find Clancy not criminally responsible while a single male juror refused to join them.
Reddington publicly attacked the holdout after the mistrial, accusing him of having an “agenda” and saying Clancy and the other jurors had been “robbed” by him.
“I hope that guy can sleep well at night,” Reddington said outside the courthouse.
The juror’s identity has remained officially protected, with Sullivan ordering the jury list impounded for at least 14 days following the mistrial.
Other jurors have since given media interviews criticizing the holdout’s behavior during deliberations and disputing his interpretation of the evidence.
Three jurors told NBC10 Boston that the holdout acknowledged having reasonable doubt but still would not agree to find Clancy not criminally responsible, an account that reflects those jurors’ description of private deliberations rather than a judicial finding of misconduct.
Sullivan had already refused efforts by Clancy’s defense to remove the holdout before the mistrial, finding insufficient grounds to conclude that the juror had violated his obligations.
The controversy escalated significantly when reporting shifted from what occurred inside the jury room to details about the unidentified juror’s personal life.
DeSantis characterized NBC’s report as an effort to punish a juror for refusing to acquit Clancy, while NBC said its investigation raised legitimate questions about information disclosed during jury selection.
The governor nevertheless made clear that he believes the holdout should be defended rather than publicly targeted for reaching a conclusion different from the other 11 jurors.
Letitia 'No One's Above the Law' James Just Got Sued And You Won't Stop Clapping
Letitia ‘No One’s Above the Law’ James Just Got Sued And You Won’t Stop Clapping
New York Attorney General Letitia James loves to sermonize that “No one is above the law,” but her record shows she really means “No one named Trump is above my political agenda.” Her entire campaign was a single-issue crusade built on the promise to “Get Trump,” and she delivered by filing a bizarre, victimless “fraud” case against him that even the banks involved openly rejected. Not one financial institution claimed harm. Not one lender said they wouldn’t do business with him again.
But that didn’t stop Judge Arthur Engoron—whose bias was obvious from the bench—from imposing an eye-watering, politically convenient fine of nearly half a billion dollars. It was so grotesquely disproportionate that an appeals court finally tossed it in August, delivering a much-needed reality check to James’s lawfare spectacle.
That’s Letitia James in a nutshell—always pushing the ethical limits, always using the weight of her office to intimidate anyone she marks as a political foe. Bullying isn’t an unfortunate byproduct of her approach; it is her approach.
So it’s hardly shocking that a school board chair in New York is now suing the attorney general, accusing James of threatening to oust board members who refused to bow to the progressive orthodoxy on allowing biological men into women’s sports:
The alleged threats came in a “guidance letter” [from James] that warned of the removal of any school board member who uses the wrong pronoun for a trans person, or if they allow students to publicly speak out at school board meetings about their fears and discomfort with student trans athletes using the wrong locker room for their biological sex.
A plaintiff in the suit, Massapequa Union Free School District Board Chair Kerry Wachter, alleged she was told that James’ office instructed her to mute and dismiss any board meeting speaker that expressed views opposing trans athletes in girls’ locker rooms and sports.
Massapequa Union Free School District Board Chair Kerry Wachter, alleged she was told that James' office instructed her to mute and dismiss any board meeting speaker that expressed views opposing trans athletes in girls' locker rooms and sports.
Wachter says James’ intimidation tactics are designed to intimidate her and others into silence:
“They’re saying if we allow this discussion in our board meetings, she can come in and remove us from the board,” Wachter told Fox News Digital. “They want me to stop public comment and stop them from speaking.”
Wachter added that trans students were not being directly named in any board meetings, and conversations were only based around the feelings and concerns of female students.
James claimed that school board members can be removed when “they willfully neglect their duty or violate legal protections for students in their districts.” She went on to add that the state’s Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) bars harassment and bullying.
Nevertheless, Attorney Kim Hermann from the Southeastern Legal Foundation has a note for James – There is an important constitutional principle known as the First Amendment.
“The First Amendment here reigns true, and so whether or not you have these state laws, a state cannot come in and just erase the First Amendment out of the Constitution,” Hermann said, per Fox News. “Whether or not statements and discussions about transgender and these different policies actually violate those state laws is absolutely irrelevant for what we’re talking about in this lawsuit.
James has shown time and again that she’s not an impartial public servant but a partisan enforcer, eager to weaponize her office against anyone who lands on her enemies list. She doesn’t just stretch her authority — she twists it into a political bludgeon.
If there’s any justice left in New York, this lawsuit will stick and finally force some accountability. Frankly, it’s long past time someone pushed back.
