Convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstruction of justice, calls himself ‘proud patriot’
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Sen.RickScott,R-Fla.,joins‘Fox&Friends’todiscussHomelandSecuritySecretaryKristiNoem’sannouncementthatofficialshaveidentifiedthoseresponsibleforleakingICEraiddetails.
JackTeixeira,theMassachusettsAirNationalGuardmemberconvictedofleakinghighlyclassifieddocumentsaboutthewarinUkraine,usedhiscourt-martialThursdaytodescribehimselfasa“proudpatriot”whowastryingtoexposethesupposed“lies”oftheBidenadministration.
Afterpleadingguiltytomilitarychargesofobstructingjustice,the23-year-oldacknowledgedheknewhisactionswereillegalbutfeltheneededtosharethetruthabouthowtheBidenadministrationwas,inhisview,misleadingtheAmericanpublicaboutthewarinUkraine.
“IfIsavedevenoneAmerican,RussianorUkrainianlifeagainstthissenselessmoney-grabwar,mypunishmentwasworthit,”hesaid,addingthathewas“comfortableinhowhistorywillremembermyactions.”
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