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Trump cancels Fort Hood execution livestream
Trump drops Pentagon's plan to livestream Hasan's execution after bipartisan backlash.
In brief
Trump drops Pentagon's plan to livestream Hasan's execution after bipartisan backlash. Trump said the Pentagon will no longer livestream Nidal Hasan's execution after facing criticism from Republicans and Democrats. Originally reported by Houstonchronicle.
Trump cancels execution livestream
Trump said the Pentagon will no longer livestream Nidal Malik Hasan's execution after bipartisan backlash.
Bipartisan criticism of livestream
Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the execution livestream as fueling radicalization.
Trump's defense of execution method
Trump defended the firing squad as a 'very worthy' method for Hasan, saying he 'will be killed through firing squad.'
Hasan's background
Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, killed soldiers at Fort Hood in 2009 before being paralyzed from the waist down.
Historical military execution
The U.S. military hasn't executed a service member by firing squad since World War II, with the last execution in 1961.
Execution date and viewing
Hasan's execution is scheduled for December 3, viewable only by immediate victims' families.
The bottom line
Trump said the Pentagon will no longer livestream Nidal Hasan's execution after facing criticism from Republicans and Democrats.
