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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Casey

Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira set to be sentenced, could get up to 17 years in prison

Leaked-Documents-Investigation - (Margaret Small)

A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine is expected to be sentenced in federal court on Tuesday.

Prosecutors have argued that Jack Teixeira should be sentenced to 17 years in prison, saying he “perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history.”

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