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Mullin defends plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Pentagon’s plan to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, who is in prison for killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009.
Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, was convicted in 2013 of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder.
He was also convicted of wounding 20 people.
Mullin said people could choose not to watch and argued that the execution would show the consequences of attacking the United States.
The plan has drawn criticism, including concerns that a public broadcast could turn Hasan into a martyr or encourage radicalization.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the plan, but Trump later said he had not made a final decision about broadcasting it.
Hasan is scheduled to die by firing squad on December 3.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the Pentagon’s plan to livestream Nidal Hasan’s execution, saying President Donald Trump was restoring American values.
President Trump said he had not made a final decision on whether the execution would be livestreamed.
Hasan was sentenced to death for killing 13 people and attempting to kill 32 others at Fort Hood in 2009.
He is scheduled to die by firing squad on December 3.
Critics, including some Republicans, condemned the public-execution plan as inhumane and raised concerns that it could make Hasan a martyr.
- Who
- Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the plan. Nidal Hasan is the condemned former Army major.
- What
- The Pentagon plans to livestream Hasan’s execution by firing squad. Trump said he had not made a final decision on broadcasting it.
- When
- Mullin spoke on Sunday, October 11, 2026. Hasan is scheduled to die on December 3.
- Where
- The killings took place at Fort Hood in Texas. Mullin spoke on CBS News’s Face the Nation.
- Why
- Mullin said people should understand that attacking America brings serious punishment. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said people need to understand there are serious consequences for such acts.
Trump administration
Critics of a public livestream
Purpose of the broadcast
Trump administration
Mullin said the plan would show that attacks on America bring serious punishment. Hegseth said people need to understand the consequences.
Critics of a public livestream
Critics described the handling as dystopian and inhumane and raised concerns the broadcast could make Hasan a martyr or encourage radicalization.
Whether to broadcast
Trump administration
Hegseth announced a plan to livestream the execution, and Mullin defended it.
Critics of a public livestream
Some Republicans opposed the plan, while Trump said he had not made a final decision.
No one has to watch it if they don't choose to,
I think people need to understand, if you attack America, we will come after you and we will make sure that the punishment fits the crime,
There are two thoughts: don’t show it and show it. Cause you know, by showing it, maybe other people won’t be doing what he did. So I’ll make a decision ultimately.
because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things.
Hasan opened fire at a medical building at Fort Hood, killing 13 people and wounding others.
Hasan was convicted of 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted murder.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Hasan would be put to death in a live broadcast.
Trump said he had not made a final decision on whether to livestream the execution.
Mullin defended the plan in an interview on Face the Nation.
Hasan is scheduled to die by firing squad.
- Victims killed
- 13
- Attempted-murder convictions
- 32 counts
- Location of attack
- Fort Hood, Texas
- Sentence method
- Firing squad
- Scheduled execution
- December 3
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