Judge to weigh whether suspected Pentagon leaker should stay jailed before trial
CBSN
Jack Teixeira, the airman suspected of leaking classified Pentagon documents online, is due in federal court Friday afternoon for a hearing over whether he should be remain behind bars until trial.
Prosecutors submitted a filing earlier this week urging the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts urging the judge overseeing the case to keep Teixeira detained, saying foreign adversaries would "salivate" at the prospect of helping him evade the U.S. government. Teixeira's lawyers submitted their own filing asking the court to release him.
The 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman has been charged under the Espionage Act with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents. He has pleaded not guilty and faces significant prison time if convicted.
