A judge has put off a decision whether the Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents should be held in jail until his trial.
Prosecutors argued Thursday that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira should remain in jail for his trial. But the judge at Teixeira's detention hearing put off an immediate decision whether he should be kept in custody until his trial or released to home confinement or under other conditions.
In court papers filed late Wednesday, the Justice Department lawyers said releasing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira from jail while he awaits trial would be a grave.
WORCESTER, Mass. — The Massachusetts Air National guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents kept an arsenal of guns and said on social media that he would like to kill a “ton of people,” prosecutors said in arguing Thursday that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira should remain in jail for his