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Trump says he’ll decide whether to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter

The livestream plan floated by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced pushback from Republicans and others.

Sources (5)+2 copies· Oct 10, 6:15 PM to Oct 16, 11:22 AM

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NBC News· Oct 10, 6:15 PMTrump says he’ll decide whether to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter
Breitbart News Network· Oct 15, 2:33 PMTrump Says Pentagon Won’t Livestream Execution of Fort Hood Shooter
The Philadelphia Inquirer· Oct 15, 3:14 PMTrump cancels planned livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s execution
CBS News· Oct 15, 5:07 PMTrump calls off plan to livestream Fort Hood shooter's execution
The New York Times· Oct 16, 2:22 AMTrump Cancels Planned Execution Livestream of Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooter

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Trump says he will ‘make a decision’ on Hegseth plan to live-stream executionThe Pentagon has said a firing squad for the Fort Hood shooter is scheduled for Dec. 3. “By showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing what he did,” the president said.

The Washington Post7d agoWhole story →

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US to livestream Army execution of Fort Hood shooter, Pentagon official saysThe U.S. will livestream the Army’s upcoming firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, a Pentagon official told Reuters.

Military Times8d agoSources (6)Whole story →

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Murkowski on public execution: 'I'd expect this from terrorists and dictators'Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Friday urged the Pentagon to reverse its decision to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the convicted Fort Hood shooter. “There is no need to livestream any execution, including this one,” Murkowski said on the social platform X. “I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in...

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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal CourtsLegal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad.

The New York Times8d agoWhole story →

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Fort Hood shooter's execution will be livestreamed, Pentagon saysDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the ex-Army major who was convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.

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WATCH: Vance says he's 'not going to be watching' livestream of Fort Hood shooter's executionVice President JD Vance cast doubt on Friday whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, "I'm not going to be watching it."

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'Beyond disgusting': Hegseth faces bipartisan backlash over plan to livestream execution(TNND) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to publicly livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter

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Trump says government won’t livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal HasanFamily members of Hasan’s victims will be able to watch in person, Trump said, nixing a plan announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to make the execution widely viewable.

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Why does Pete Hegseth want to livestream an execution?Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has proposed livestreaming the execution of a man convicted of the 2009 attack on Fort Hood. Some scholars say the idea is rooted in his religious background.

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Vance Says He Would Not Watch Livestreamed Execution of Fort Hood ShooterThe vice president also cast doubt on whether the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, would go forward as Pentagon officials have planned.

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U.S. plan to livestream execution by firing squad draws bipartisan, international outrageVice President JD Vance said he would not watch a livestream of the execution, and expressed doubt that is 'actually going to happen.'

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Pentagon says there will be a livestream of firing squad’s execution of the Fort Hood shooterThe execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan is scheduled for Dec. 3 in Texas.

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Hegseth wants a livestream execution. Here's how firing squads workDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to livestream the December execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by using a firing squad, one of the rarest forms of capital punishment in the United States. Why it matters: The planned livestream would mark the first public U.S. execution in roughly 90 years, but it has already drawn scrutiny , with President…

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