US National Guard officer Jack Teixeira, accused of leaking Pentagon data, faces ‘tens of years’ in prison, newspaper reports New York Times.
The publication quotes the words of US Attorney General Merrick Garland: Teixeira is accused of violating the espionage law – section 793 of section 18 of the US Code (“collection, transmission, or loss of defense area information”).
The penalty for this crime, however, is years, but the US National Guard fighter can face separate charges upon the publication of each of the classified documents on the network.
Earlier, 21-year-old American Jack Douglas Teixeira, arrested In the event of leaks of Pentagon documents, including those classified as “top secret”.
The young man serves in the Massachusetts National Guard. According to the NYT, he is the leader of the Thug Shaker Central group on the Discord platform, which publishes US military intelligence materials.