Biden administration faces Questions over how Pentagon docs ‘leaker’ got Military Secrets

Biden administration faces Questions over how Pentagon docs ‘leaker’ got Military Secrets

• Jack Teixeira, 21, has appeared in court in Boston after his arrest on Thursday
• He has been charged for leaking classified documents  
• The National Guard member posted secret intelligence in an online chat room 

A 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman has been hit with two federal charges under the Espionage Act for his alleged role in the Pentagon leak.

Jack Teixeira appeared in a Boston federal court on Friday and is facing 15 years in prison if convicted of illegally taking and leaking classified information and military secrets.

Fresh questions are being asked as to how Teixeira, who lived with his mother in North Dighton, Massachusetts and accused of being behind the humiliating security breach, got clearance to access sensitive documents.

Dressed in tan prison scrubs and Merrell shoes, the youthful Teixeira, with a sandy brown crew cut, scanned the courtroom as he entered in handcuffs.

Jack Teixeira, 21 appeared in a Boston federal court on Friday and is facing 15 years in prison if convicted of illegally taking and leaking classified information and military secrets

His mother and father sat with another unidentified relative in the front row fidgeting as the rest of the courtroom filled with press.

He said nothing as he entered and sat with his hands in his lap during much of the hearing.

‘Yes, sir’ he said when Judge David Hennessey asked him if he had signed the financial affidavit submitted to the court. And ‘Yes, your honor,’ he said when the judge asked if it was accurate.

The judge informed him of the charges against him and told him his right to remain silent.

His lawyer from the Bronx Public Defenders Brendan Kelly whispered in his ear after the judge had finished.

He stood up and held out his wrists in front of him for the U.S. Marshals to put on the handcuffs. As he was led away, his father, also named Jack Teixeira, called out ‘I love you, Jack.’

He paused and turned back, looking doe-eyed at the crowd in the courtroom filled with press.

‘I love you too, Dad,’ he said.

His parents said nothing after they left the courthouse as they were followed for about three blocks by reporters asking for comment and photographers snapping photos.

A MAGA-hatted supporter with a cellphone camera chimed in among the press questions, saying, ‘This is all Joe Biden’s fault. He’s scapegoating your son,’ the man said.

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Header featured image (edited) credit:  The Pentagon logo is seen behind the podium in the briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (File Photo: Reuters)

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