Jack Teixeira, National Guard of Air Massachusetts who was punished for federal violations for leaking sensitive information online, claimed to be guilty of Thursday for military charges for blocking justice, his family spokesperson who was confirmed to ABC News.
The military court which was held this week at the Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts on accusations that accused Teixeira violated the military justice uniform code.
A picture that is not dated shows Jack Douglas Teixeira, a 21 -year -old member of the US Air National Guard, who was captured by the FBI, for alleged involvement in online leaks of secret documents, posing for selfies in unknown locations.
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Teixeira pleaded guilty to the charge of obstruction in a military court on Thursday, his family spokesman confirmed. The second accusation of the order that did not comply was handed down as part of the defense agreement, which called for an unshorthy dismissal and no confinement, according to the spokesman.
He is expected to be punished next Thursday, according to the spokesman.
Under obstruction accusations, he was accused of “disposing of iPad, hard drive computer, and cellphone, with the intention to obstruct the appropriate judicial administration in his own case” around March 1, 2023, and April 13, 2023, and directed others to delete “April.
Teixeira, who worked as an information technology specialist, was sentenced to last year on federal charges, pleaded guilty to six accusations of maintaining and transmitting national defense information intentionally.
He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, followed by three years of liberation that was supervised.
The US military has the right to separately demand that members of the service who have been punished in the Federal Court.
The Air Force proof hearing was held in May 2024 to determine whether the case must move forward to the Air Force Military Court.
Prosecutor Federal said Teixeira “committed one of the most significant and consequence violations of espionage laws in American history.”
According to the defense agreement signed submitted to the Federal Court, Teixeira agreed to admire the six accusations that accusing it with intentional retention and transmission of national defense information. Instead, the prosecutor agreed not to sue him with an additional count based on the Espionase Law.
Teixeira “accessing and printing hundreds of secret documents” and posted a picture in a dispute before his arrest in April 2023, a prosecutor said during the federal defense hearing last year. He has admitted that in court to find out the documents were marked classified.
Teixeira registered at the Air National Guard in 2019, according to her service records. He has a secret security permit that began in 2021 and began posting secret documents online in January 2022, according to the Department of Justice.