A Pentagon spokesperson emphasized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s full support for President Trump’s decision to halt the planned livestreamed execution of the Fort Hood shooter, who was convicted of killing 13 people in a 2009 attack. The move reverses an earlier plan to broadcast the lethal injection on December 3, raising questions about the rationale behind the shift. Officials have not clarified whether alternative arrangements for the execution will be announced. The case remains one of the deadliest mass shootings by a military service member in U.S. history.
A spokesperson for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stressed Thursday that the Pentagon chief is “completely aligned” with President Trump's decision to not livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. Trump said the planned Dec. 3 livestream execution of Hasan, a former Army major who killed 13 people in the November 2009 attack...
