The family of a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused in the leak of top-secret Pentagon documents says they are “standing together in solidarity and support” with him, one day after a judge kept the 21-year-old detained.
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“His parents and large extended family are standing together in solidarity and support of Jack Teixeira through this very difficult and confusing ordeal,” Teixeira’s family said in a statement, which appears to be their first sinceOn Thursday, a federal judge declined to immediately free Teixeira from custody pending trial, but did not rule on the matter.
Prosecutors said Teixeira was essentially an information technology support specialist, but starting in February 2022 began to access hundreds of classified documents containing national defense information.
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