CNN —The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of highly classified intelligence reports and other documents on social media pleaded guilty on Monday to willfully retaining and disseminating national defense information.
Jack Teixeira, 22, pleaded guilty to all six counts he faced under the espionage act during a hearing Monday morning.
Teixeira stood between his two defense lawyers as he pleaded guilty Monday morning.
According to court documents, Teixeira ran an obscure chat room on the social media platform Discord called “Thug Shaker Central,” where members posted memes and talked about guns and religion.
Teixeira first began posting messages that included classified information in the Discord chat, according to prosecutors, and eventually posted photos of documents marked as classified.
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Jack Teixeira, Teixeira, ”, Judge Indira Talwani, “, ” Teixeira, Michael Bachrach
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