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The Massachusetts Air National Guard airman accused of leaking classified national security information, a breach that Pentagon brass, federal prosecutors, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say is highly damaging to the United States, will remain in federal custody while a judge determines if he will grant bail.
Jack Teixeira, 21, who shared the information in an online discussion group, appeared on April 27 in a federal courtroom in Worcester, Massachusetts, before federal magistrate judge David Hennessy.
Hennessy said at the hearing that he would need more time to decide Teixeira’s request, filed by his attorneys on April 26, that he be allowed to be free on bail ahead of his trial.
FBI agents arrested Teixeira outside his family home in Dighton, Massachusetts, on April 13. He is charged with “unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information” and “unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material.”
If convicted on both charges, Teixeira could face up to 25 years in prison.
