On Friday, a federal judge sentenced Jacques Teixeira, Air National Guardsman Accused of leaking classified documents to the Pentagon Online, he will remain in federal custody awaiting trial.
US District Court Judge David Hennessy in Massachusetts granted the government’s request to detain Teixeira, denying Teixeira’s attorney’s request to release him on bail. spp Submit the deposit Earlier this week Hennessy urged that Teixeira be kept in custody, saying foreign adversaries would be “drooling” in hopes of helping him evade the US government.
The 21-year-old was charged under the Espionage Act with the unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and the removal and preservation of classified documents. He has pleaded not guilty and faces a lengthy prison sentence if convicted.
Prosecutors suggested that Teixeira’s personality was not what he presented in the military recruitment process. Teixeira’s attorney claimed that Teixeira’s case could not be compared to other Espionage Law cases, and argued that Teixeira “remained at his mother’s home and was peacefully arrested upon the arrival of law enforcement” when he was arrested.
Federal authorities have been searching for the origin of classified records that first appeared on the social networking site Discord, revealing sensitive government secrets about US interests abroad, including detailed information about the war in Ukraine.
the lead the government Teixeira, who has a pass allowing him to view sensitive, top-secret piece of information, obtained sensitive government documents in early 2023.
Catherine Watson
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