[UPDATE] Pentagon official says Hasan's Dec. 3 execution will still be livestreamed despite growing GOP objections

Trump privately told a confidant the stream "might not happen."

"The Secretary is correct. It will be livestreamed," a War Department official told the Washington Examiner on Monday, Oct. 12, though Trump told a confidant the stream "might not happen" (Axios). Mike Johnson (Rep-R Louisiana), the House speaker, warned the video could become "a recruiting tool for future terrorists." Timothy Broglio, the Catholic archbishop for the U.S. military, told Catholic soldiers to ask to be excused from the firing squad.

PREVIOUSLY

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 at Fort Hood 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 livestream.

Also on the record:

Lisa Murkowski (Sen-R Alaska): "I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in America."
Hasan killed 13 people and wounded 32 at Fort Hood in 2009; he would be the first service member executed since 1961, and the military's last firing-squad execution was in 1945.