Trump Announces Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan’s Execution Will NOT be Livestreamed * The Gateway Pundit * by Cassandra MacDonald

President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the scheduled firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed.

The Pentagon had previously planned to let the public watch.

The immediate families of the victims will be allowed to attend and watch in person if they choose to do so.

President Trump announced the decision Thursday in a post on Truth Social.

The post read in full:

Nidal Malik Hasan, a former U.S. Army Major turned traitor, is a very bad and evil man, who killed 13 people, including a pregnant soldier, who died, along with her unborn son, and injured, very seriously, 32 more innocent people. Barack Hussein Obama’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intercepted electronic communications between Hasan and the radical Yemeni-American cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki. When reviewed by his FBI terrorism task force, investigators concluded that Hasan’s emails were not a threat. This assessment of the Obama Administration’s actions was later considered to be a key intelligence failure. With all of that being said, I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device. He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed. That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose. They deserve to witness JUSTICE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Hasan’s execution is set for 1 p.m. CST on December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas.

It is set to be the first military execution in 65 years and the first by an Army firing squad since World War II.

Trump approved the death sentence on October 2 after the appellate process upheld the conviction.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended using a firing squad.

Hasan, a former Army major, opened fire on November 5, 2009, at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center at Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding more than 30.

He was convicted in 2013 of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder and sentenced to death.

The Supreme Court declined to review his case last March.

Hasan has been held on military death row at Fort Leavenworth.

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