National guardsman, Jack Teixeira, appeared in a Boston court on Friday where he was charged and ordered to remain in custody.
Alongside the appearance of Jack Teixeira in court, the justification for his arrest has been released.
Known as an affidavit, the document is eight pages long. It is written by the FBI agent who led the investigation which resulted inUkraine war latest: US secrets leak suspect Jack Teixeira charged in courtThe first key part to highlight in the document is point 15. It reveals that the FBI tracked down and interviewed another member of the small closed chat group on theThe interview was conducted at the beginning of the week. The user has been identified only as"user 1".
The FBI says the user told their agents that the chat group was used to"discuss geopolitical affairs and current and historical wars".The following point, paragraph 16, reveals that the documents themselves were initially not posted on the chat group.Instead, paragraphs of text were published. But, by January this year, actual photographs of the classified documents began to appear.
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