Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts National Guard, has made his first appearance in United States court after he was arrested in connection with a leak of classified Pentagon documents that has roiled US authorities.Teixeira appeared on Friday in federal court in Boston, Massachusetts, a day after FBI agents descended on his family home in the small town of Dighton, about 30km (18 miles) east of Providence, Rhode Island.He was charged with retention and transmission of national defence information and willful retention of classified documents. The criminal offences could carry up to 15 years in prison, according to The Washington Post.
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