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
The court filings raise new questions about why Teixeira had such a high security clearance and access to some of the nation's most classified secrets.
A magistrate judge in Massachusetts did not immediately rule on whether to release Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, to his parents before his trial.