Pentagon documents leak suspect Jack Teixeira pleads not guilty to federal charges
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June 21, 2023
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal felony charges.
Teixeira, 21, entered the pleas during a hearing in Worcester's federal court days after he was indicted by a grand jury on six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
Handcuffed and wearing orange jail garb, Teixeira smiled at family seated in the gallery at the start of the hearing....
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