The president said only immediate families of the victims of the mass shooting in 2009 would witness the execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.
President Trump on Wednesday said he was canceling the livestream of the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the former U.S. Army major who killed 13 people in the 2009 attack on Fort Hood. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had said the execution would be livestreamed, a decision that had come under substantial criticism, including from GOP…
President Trump overruled his defense secretary today, halting Pete Hegseth's plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan. NBC News' Courtney Kube reports.
Man convicted of killing 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas will still be executed, but president said ‘people would rather not watch him die’Donald Trump has shelved a widely condemned plan to livestream the execution of a disabled man by firing squad.The US president confirmed the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at a military…
The president reversed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision after backlash.
Polling released before the announcement found only 18 percent of Americans support the livestreaming idea.
But says it 'may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims'
In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump canceled plans to livestream the December execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, federal law enforcement agencies are investigating a series of letters containing what they're calling "suspicious substances" that were sent to congressional and state election officials and police report multiple victims in a…
