Trump, after bipartisan backlash, says Pentagon won't livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
The reversal follows bipartisan criticism and religious opposition, while the execution remains set for Dec. 3 by firing squad.
- President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the Pentagon will not livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, reversing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan to broadcast the event online.
- Growing public opposition prompted the reversal, as Hegseth had originally proposed streaming the December 3 execution by firing squad to demonstrate America's response to terrorism.
- Hasan, a former Army Major, killed 13 people and injured 32 in a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas; the execution remains scheduled to proceed by firing squad.
- Immediate families of victims may still witness the execution in person, while President Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday that many "well meaning people would rather not watch him die" through streaming.
- In his Truth Social post, Trump cited FBI communications between Hasan and Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki during President Barack Obama administration, though investigators previously concluded those emails posed no threat.
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Trump Pulls the Plug on Streaming the Fort Hood Execution
President Donald Trump has called off plans to livestream the upcoming execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. Trump announced the decision directly on Truth Social on Thursday. He wrote that many well-meaning people would rather not watch someone die through a screen. The decision marks a sharp reversal for the administration. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously announced that the execution would be broadcast online for the public…
Trump calls off Hegseth’s plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter’s execution
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the forthcoming execution of a former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 colleagues in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, will not be live-streamed, upending a controversial plan that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth unveiled last week.
Donald Trump has stated that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted in the Fort Hood shooting, will not be broadcast live. Hasan will be executed by firing squad. Close family members of the victims will be allowed to attend if they wish. In his post, Trump also questioned the FBI's previous investigation.
In a tense electoral context for Republicans, Trump, who had supported the public execution plan, backed back, although he pointed out that "it could have been a strong deterrent."
Execution Won’t Be Livestreamed After All - Regional Media News
(Killeen, TX) - Plans to livestream the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan have been canceled. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said streaming Hasan's death by firing squad would be a strong deterrent to the world but added many "well meaning [...]
Trump scraps plan to livestream execution after backlash
WASHINGTON, United States – The firing squad execution of a convicted military base shooter will not be livestreamed, US President Donald Trump announced Thursday, canceling a contentious plan by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The move to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution was widely opposed at home and abroad, prompting outrage from both US Democratic and Republican politicians, the Catholic Church, rights groups and the United Nations. READ: …
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