Convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to obstruction of justice, calls himself ‘proud patriot’

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.”  Teixei