Worcester, Massachusetts CNN —Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents on social media, pleaded not guilty in a Massachusetts court Wednesday to six federal charges. Teixeira, 21, was indicted earlier this month on several counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information related to the national defense. The Massachusetts native stands accused of sharing classified military documents on the social media platform Discord. The documents included detailed intelligence assessments of allies and adversaries alike, including the state of the war in Ukraine. Teixeira held a top-secret security clearance, and internal Air Force memos that prosecutors highlighted in court revealed that his superiors repeatedly warned him about inappropriately accessing classified intelligence.

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Persons: Massachusetts CNN — Jack Teixeira, Teixeira, Texeira, “, Jack, Jen Reed, ” Organizations: Massachusetts CNN, Air National, Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing, Air Force Locations: Worcester, Massachusetts, Ukraine