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Trump casts doubt on Pentagon plan to live stream Fort Hood shooter’s execution

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US President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about whether the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, perpetrator of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, will be publicly broadcast, despite earlier statements by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirming a live stream.
The plan has drawn bipartisan criticism and UN condemnation.

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Nidal Hasan carried out a shooting attack at Fort Hood in 2009, killing 13 people. His execution by firing squad is scheduled for December 3, 2026, and would be the first such military execution in the US since 1945.

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Bipartisan outrage and UN condemnation have followed Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to stream Nidal Hasan’s death sentence

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Published: 2:23pm, 10 Oct 2026

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on Friday on whether authorities will live-stream the firing squad execution of the perpetrator of a deadly attack on American soldiers, a plan that has drawn broad and bipartisan condemnation.

Nidal Hasan’s execution – scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down 13 people in 2009 – is set to be the first by a US military firing squad since 1945.

A Pentagon official said on Thursday that the execution would be streamed live, after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said “we’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public”.

But Trump, who supports the death penalty in this case, left uncertain whether the execution would be publicly broadcast.

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The execution will not be publicly broadcast due to bipartisan and international pressure
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Will the execution be publicly broadcast?
What is the official stance of the Biden administration on this matter?
Are there legal challenges to the live-streaming plan?

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