Donald Trump announced that the scheduled execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of the mass shooting at Fort Hood, will not be broadcast live.

Trump’s announcement came following a backlash by Democrats and liberals in the United States over the prospect of Hasan’s execution being streamed live online. “Nidal Malik Hasan, a former US Army major who became a traitor, is a very bad and evil person,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

The Pentagon announced on October 5 that Trump had approved a recommendation by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that 56-year-old Hasan be executed by a US Army firing squad for the mass murder of 13 people at the military base in Killeen, Texas, on November 5, 2009.

Another 32 people were injured in the attack, which took place while Hasan was serving as an Army major. Hasan was sentenced to death by a court-martial in 2013.