Trump says Pentagon will not livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
Trump reversed the Pentagon’s plan to stream Nidal Hasan’s firing-squad execution after bipartisan backlash over images that officials said could fuel radicalization.
- President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will not be livestreamed, reversing a plan by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to broadcast the event online.
- Growing public opposition prompted the decision after Hegseth had originally proposed streaming the December 3 execution by firing squad to demonstrate how America deals with terrorists.
- Hasan, a former Army Major, killed 13 people and injured 32 during a 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, though the execution remains scheduled to proceed by firing squad.
- Immediate families of the victims may still witness the execution in person, while President Trump noted on Truth Social Thursday that many "well meaning people would rather not watch him die" through streaming.
- Trump wrote on Truth Social that the FBI under Barack Hussein Obama intercepted communications between Hasan and radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, though investigators previously concluded those emails posed no threat.
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The decision to broadcast the execution of Nidal Hasan live was widely rejected.
Trump Calls Off Livestreamed Execution
President Trump just overruled his defence chief about a livestreamed execution. Trump announced on Truth Social on Thursday that the death of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan in December will not be publicly available as a livestream. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth had previously announced plans to stream the coming squad...
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Donald Trump announced that the execution of Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people on the military base in Fort Hood in 2009, would not eventually be broadcast live. The project, designed by Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, had aroused intense indignation in the United States, including in the Republican ranks.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would not livestream the execution by firing squad of former Army Major Nidal Malik Hassan, who killed 13 people in a shooting spree at a U.S. military base in Texas in 2009. This decision reversed the stance of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who had pushed for the live broadcast, amidst mounting public criticism regarding the live coverage. On the 15th (local time), President Trump posted on the so…
Trump Cancels Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter's Execution
People on both sides of the aisle condemned Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to livestream Nidal Malik Hasan's execution. The post Trump Cancels Livestream of Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
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