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Juliana Kim

What we know about Jack Teixeira, the suspected leaker of Pentagon documents

Jack Teixeira (in an undated undated photo posted on Facebook by his mother on Veterans Day in 2021) faces two criminal charges after posting classified Pentagon documents on social media. (Eyepress Media/Reuters)

Jack Teixeira, who is accused of publishing top-secret Pentagon documents on social media, made his initial court appearance at the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Friday.

The 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard faces two criminal counts: unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and the unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material.

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