Trump Cancels Livestream of Nidal Hasan’s Execution
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that the execution of convicted Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed, reversing a Pentagon plan that drew bipartisan criticism.
Hasan remains scheduled to be executed by Army firing squad on Dec. 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in a 2009 shooting. He was convicted and sentenced to death by a military court in 2013.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had announced that the execution would be broadcast online, saying a public execution would demonstrate that serious actions have serious consequences. Trump later said he had approved the plan, but reversed course after lawmakers and other critics objected that broadcasting the killing would turn it into a spectacle and could provide propaganda for extremist groups.
Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and John Curtis were among those opposing the livestream. Vice President JD Vance had also said he would not watch it. A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll reported by CNBC found that 80% of respondents opposed streaming the execution.
Trump said immediate family members of Hasan’s victims may attend the execution in person if they choose. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said Trump and Hegseth discussed the decision before the announcement and are “completely aligned.”
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