WASHINGTON — The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking extremely categorized army paperwork has been indicted on federal felony prices, the Justice Department stated Thursday.

Jack Teixeira faces six counts within the indictment of willful retention and transmission of nationwide protection info.

He was arrested in April on prices of sharing extremely categorized army paperwork about Russia’s warfare in Ukraine and different high nationwide safety points in a chat room on Discord, a social media platform that began as a hangout for avid gamers. The beautiful breach uncovered to the world unvarnished secret assessments of Russia’s warfare in Ukraine, the capabilities and geopolitical pursuits of different nations and different nationwide safety points.

A decide final month ordered him to stay jailed as he awaits trial, saying that releasing Teixeira would pose a danger that he would try and flee the nation or hinder justice.

His household has expressed assist for him, and his attorneys had pressed the decide to launch him to his father, saying he has no felony historical past.

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