Trump says Nidal Hasan execution won't be live-streamed
Hasan murdered 13 people and injured more than 32 others in the mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.
Key points
- President Donald Trump said Thursday that the execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be live-streamed.
- Trump had approved a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for Hasan, 56, to be executed by firing squad.
- Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death after a 2013 court-martial for the 2009 shooting that killed 13 people and injured 32 at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas.
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the execution by firing squad of convicted Fort Hood mass killer Nidal Hasan would not be live-streamed. The announcement came after growing opposition to the idea of showing Hasan's execution live online.
Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that Hasan, a former U.S. Army Major, is "a very bad and evil man." He said streaming the execution might have served as a strong deterrent, but that many well-meaning people would rather not watch him die.
What Trump said
Trump wrote that Hasan "will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed." He had earlier said that streaming the execution might have shown the world how America deals with terrorists.
The Pentagon said on Oct. 5 that Trump had approved a recommendation by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to have Hasan, 56, executed by a U.S. Army firing squad.
He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed.
— Donald Trump
Background of the case
Hasan was convicted and sentenced to death after a 2013 court-martial for the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting at the Army base in Killeen, Texas. The attack killed 13 people and injured 32 others.
He would be the first person executed after a U.S. armed forces court-martial since 1961. CNBC said it reached out to the Pentagon for comment on Trump's post, and Nader Hasan, a cousin of Nidal, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
