What the canceled livestream of the Fort Hood shooter’s execution says about the Trump administration

Each week, MS NOW legal analyst Andrew Weissmann, co-host of our “Main Justice” podcast, answers legal questions from our audience in our MS NOW Membership exclusive series, “Answers with Andrew Weissmann.”

This week, Weissmann addresses a question from MS NOW Member Diana and B’Lee the Kitten on the Trump administration canceling its plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nadal Hasan. Watch his response above.

Other reader questions Weissmann addressed this week:

Would it be possible when congressional committees subpoena a witness under oath, like Jack Smith, some thinking to catch him in perjury, that the questioners also be under oath too? If they willingly make false statements, shouldn’t they be subject to perjury? — Ronald O., South Bend, Indiana

I would like to know how the courts can keep the Jack Smith report on the Mar-a-Lago documents case hidden? My tax dollars paid for this investigation, and a case against three co-conspirators has been closed. I don’t understand why the information gathered by the special prosecutor is not available to the U.S. citizenship or available under the Freedom of Information Act. — Alan S., New Canaan, Connecticut

If as Abelson suggests, the law is not what is written, but what is enforced, how can we change our system to guarantee the rule of law (i.e., the enforcement of what Congress legislates)? — Lynn B., Claremont, California

White House officials said they would not reimburse Americans for the $20 million taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ad campaigns, despite a federal judge ordering the administration to stop. Is there any legal recourse American taxpayers can take to confront the administration’s irresponsible spending on things that aren’t quite legal?

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