Trump casts doubt on plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s military execution
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President Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether the U.S. military will livestream the scheduled execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed that the Pentagon planned to broadcast it.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, was sentenced to death by a military jury in 2013 for killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. Trump approved his death sentence on Oct. 2, and the execution by firing squad is scheduled for Dec. 3 at Fort Hood. It would be the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and its first by firing squad since 1945.
Hegseth said the execution would be public so people could witness the consequences of such crimes. Trump later said he was not involved in the livestream decision and that authorities were still determining whether to proceed, while reiterating his support for Hasan’s execution. Vice President JD Vance also said he did not know whether a broadcast would occur and would not watch it if it did.
The proposal has drawn objections from Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the U.N. human rights office, which said livestreaming would amount to a public execution and breach the prohibition on torture.
Snopes reported that current Army regulations restrict who may witness military executions and do not explicitly permit livestreaming. Military-law experts said the Army could potentially change or waive those rules. Hasan could also pursue a habeas petition in civilian court, potentially delaying the execution.
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