President Donald Trump said Thursday that the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted in the Fort Hood shooting, will not be livestreamed. The decision reverses an announcement made by the Pentagon last week.
“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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He added that many good and well-meaning people would rather not watch Hasan die through streaming or any other visual format.
Trump said Hasan will die as scheduled by firing squad, but the event will not be streamed. The immediate families of the victims will be allowed to attend the execution in person.
Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood. His execution is scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood.
Earlier this week, Trump and his advisers had been debating whether to cancel plans to livestream the execution. The president had not initially known that Hasan was paralyzed from the waist down. He was also unaware that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would announce last week that the administration planned to let the public watch the execution.
People familiar with the discussions said Trump was initially unsure how to view the announcement, but he strongly supported executing Hasan by firing squad. Several officials said the president has repeatedly defended that method publicly.
The livestream plan immediately drew bipartisan opposition. Personnel across the Pentagon and the Army were caught off guard, while public resistance was also substantial. In an ABC News, Washington Post and Ipsos poll released Thursday, 80% of US adults—including 64% of Republicans—said the execution should not be livestreamed.
Hegseth had initially recommended that Hasan be executed by firing squad, and Trump approved the decision. The scheduled execution will be the US Army’s first firing-squad execution of a soldier since World War II. It will also be the first death penalty imposed on an armed service member in 65 years.
Source: cnn.com
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