Suspect faces 15 years behind bars for leaking secret US documents



Jack Teixeira, 21, who was arrested at his Massachusetts home Thursday, worked as a computer technician with the Massachusetts Air National Guard and made his first court appearance Friday. SUBSCRIBE to ABC News on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Latest Updates: http://abcnews.go.com/ Watch FULL EPISODES on Hulu: http://abcn.ws/3bzvQQn #news #pentagon #documents #ABC News

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44 comments

  1. Pen biden institute had access

  2. How many years will the Chinese spies spend in prison? You know, the ones who flew the 6 Chinese spy balloons?

  3. Why, because heโ€™s letting the people of America know whatโ€™s really going on. Maybe the government shouldnโ€™t be keeping us in the dark.

  4. Scapegoat to a disgusting government. Whenever something bad happens in the United Hates the rest of the world rejoices.
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  5. Russia and China: We need to find a better way to retrieve classified documents from the US… let's just not do anything.

    GenZ: I need internet points

  6. They are going to make an example of him.

  7. The guy deserves prison, but the motive seems to be very weird. It doesn't seem like he was selling it or thought that he was whistleblowing, he was just a moronic twit trying to look cool and make friends. So weird.

  8. This case is a military matter and does not belong in out criminal court.
    The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) has its owe judicial system and this case falls entirely in the purview of the military. They address treasonous act from military personnel.
    Our politically biased courts impose perverted justice, where criminals are made to be the victims and the victims the criminals.
    Commander In Chief Biden should act in his military capacity and at least call for a military commission to report on this crime.

  9. Wow. The leaker was caught almost immediately caught and then already had a court date? Wow. I have never seen our gov move this fast over anything. Can't catch many of the leakers before, but this one was instant.

  10. For six years I never got a security clearance. I was always told to forget every face and everything I heard and all I did was guard a door night and day. It really makes me wonder what was happening on the other side of the door.
    I did multiple burn details and I was told not to look at any of the papers that I was burning.
    I had to glance away when I put the papers into the burn pit.

  11. He should be receiving 15 million in thanks for letting the people know what our corrupt government is up to !

  12. Iโ€™d rather know why this administration has been lying to the public?

  13. So why isn't trump being EXECUTED for TREASON?

    He stole, sold, and shared THOUSANDS of documents!

    If the Rosenbergs were executed for selling scientific documents to the Russians, trump should get the death sentence as well.

  14. Better be 15 years. Need to punish and send a message.

  15. Ask for a deal buddy..ask for 10…you'll be out at 31…this is on you.

  16. He should get the same as trump! Lock them up!

  17. Let us not forget the criminal Trump administration put Reality Winner in prison for 5 years for sharing documents with the American people that uncovered the criminal Trump family.

  18. Drop the soap little kkkristian!

  19. I guess that means
    Rumps BS should be good for at least 30 years!

  20. I wonder whether his father played a role in the kid's radicalization.

  21. He deserves More Jail time!

  22. @ABC NEWS, after this report the HUNTER BIDEN SITUATION. Weโ€™re sick and tired of hearing FAKE NEWS

  23. Give him Life in prison !

  24. Who know telling the truth would get you into so much trouble ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

  25. Democrats punish whistleblowers. They can't allow transparency. What the democrats were doing is illegal. You can't start a war without Congress.

  26. Life in prison is the worst hell that kid could getโ€ฆ.15 yr is a joke! He revealed way too
    Much for just 15 yrs.

  27. He should be getting life in jail with no parole for being a traitor.

  28. This stinks like a Fed set up to me. Too many questionable activities going on. Somethings not kosher.

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  31. I understand why this young man is being prosecuted but what about the biggest threat to America, Donald J Trump

  32. Trump leaked Classified documents to his friends as well. Our "law enforcement/judicial" process should have treated Trump the same but they are scared cowards as well.

  33. What about trump? How many years will he get hmmm???

  34. He should get 15 yrs per count; per each complete document.. 75 yrs wouldn't be too harsh.

  35. That's it? He is a traitor and risked the lives of our service people. Why not put him at Guantanemo for life? America has no use for Jack.

  36. 15 years?

    โ€ฆthatโ€™s it?

  37. So this young man who's young and has a brain that technically isn't even fully developed yet is being thrown in jail for 15 years over this, but our politicians who just leave classified documents laying around wherever they want, who absolutely know better because they're older and have been doing this for 1,000's of years (lol, not quite, but almost…geezers!), just get a little slap on the wrist? Doesn't anyone see how messed up this is? Can our government officials really not be held accountable? This country is in the middle of falling, HARD.