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June 16, 2023

Accused Pentagon Leaker Jack Teixeira Indicted on Same Espionage Charges Faced by Donald Trump
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A federal grand jury has indicted 21-year-old Air National Guard member
Jack Teixeira on six counts of willful retention and transmission of
classified information over the recent leak of highly classified
Pentagon intelligence documents. Teixeira has been jailed since April.
If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison for each charge.
Teixeira is accused of violating the same part of the Espionage Act used
by federal prosecutors to charge Donald Trump over his mishandling of
classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. Trump was released without having to
pay bond after pleading "not guilty" at his arraignment in a Miami
federal court on Tuesday. 


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