Airman Faces Decades in Prison for Posting Classified Intel Online
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Jack Teixeira, an Air National Guardsman, is expected to plead guilty on Monday to federal charges related to posting classified documents online.
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Teixeira, who was 21 when arrested, faces 6 counts of willful retention and transmission of classified defense information.
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Prosecutors say Teixeira was warned repeatedly about accessing classified intelligence yet posted documents online about eavesdropping operations and assessments of the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Teixeira faces potentially decades in prison if convicted but any plea deal would likely reduce that sentence range.
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After the leak was publicized, Teixeira allegedly destroyed electronics and obtained new contact information before his arrest about a week later.