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President Donald Trump said the scheduled execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad at Fort Hood, Texas, will not be livestreamed. Hasan remains scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3.
Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood. Trump said he had considered a public broadcast as a possible deterrent but decided against it because many people would not want to watch. Family members of victims will still be allowed to attend in person, he said.
Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump discussed the change before the president’s announcement and were aligned on the decision. Hegseth had previously said the execution would be publicly broadcast.
The proposed livestream drew opposition from lawmakers and others. A poll found that about eight in 10 Americans opposed broadcasting the execution. Vice President JD Vance had said he was uncertain whether the livestream would occur and that he would not watch it.
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