Administration officials now lean against livestreaming the Dec. 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, though Trump had not made a final call as of Tuesday, Oct. 13, per CBS News. CNN reports Trump privately said he hadn't known Hasan is paralyzed from the waist down.
Catch up
- Oct. 5 — The Pentagon announced Trump had approved Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recommendation to execute Hasan by Army firing squad; the Army set Dec. 3 the next day.
- Oct. 7–8 — Hegseth said the execution would be public; on Oct. 8 a Pentagon official said it would be livestreamed on a platform not yet named.
- Oct. 9 — Trump said he "absolutely" approved; Vance doubted the stream would happen as GOP senators, Catholic bishops and the UN objected.
- Oct. 10 — Trump said he would make the final decision on the stream.
- Oct. 12 — A Pentagon official said the stream was still on; Trump privately told a confidant it "might not happen."
4 earlier issues
- Trump approves Army firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, set for Dec. 3
- UpdatePentagon will livestream Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's Dec. 3 firing-squad execution
- UpdateVance doubts the Pentagon will livestream Nidal Hasan's Dec. 3 execution as GOP senators, Catholic bishops and the UN object
- UpdateTrump says he will decide whether to livestream Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan's Dec. 3 firing-squad execution
How rare this would be
- The U.S. has carried out 6 firing-squad executions since 1977, per Axios.
- The last public U.S. execution was about 90 years ago, per Axios.