President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it.
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth previously announced that Trump had approved Hasan's execution by firing squad and that the event would be streamed for the public to see.
Hasan, who was convicted in 2013 of fatally shooting 13 people in 2009 and injuring 32 others at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, will be executed on Dec. 3, 2026, at 1 p.m. Central at Fort Hood.
Livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it," 72 former officers said in a letter.
President Donald Trump has canceled plans to livestream the December 3 firing-squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people and wounded 32 others in 2009. The decision follows bipartisan backlash over concerns that broadcasting the execution could glorify violence …
President Donald Trump rejected plans to livestream the execution of a former Army major who killed 13 people in 2009, overruling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s proposal after facing intense bipartisan backlash.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it.
President Trump said in a Thursday Truth Social post the execution of the convicted Fort Hood shooter by firing squad will not be live-streamed. The big picture: The president's post walks back an idea that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pitched last week, setting off an avalanche of bipartisan cond…
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan via firing squad will not be livestreamed. “Nidal Malik Hasan, a former U.S. Army Major turned traitor, is a very bad and evil man, who killed 13 people, including a pregnant soldier, who died, along with h…
President Donald Trump reversed the Pentagon's plan to livestream Nidal Hasan's firing squad execution, saying the event could deter terrorism but many Americans would rather not watch.
Donald Trump has reversed the Pentagon’s plans to live stream the December execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 and injuring dozens of others in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood. Trump posted on Truth Social on Thursday, “I think streaming the execution for all to see might have be…
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer live-stream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it.
President Trump is backing down from plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood mass shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. “I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good an…
Trump said the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan won’t be livestreamed — contradicting an announcement by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
