A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents is expected to be sentenced in federal court.

Jack Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman who prosecutors said "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history," was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

BOSTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced on Tuesday to 15 years in prison for leaking online highly classified U.S. military documents, including some related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Teixeira pleaded guilty earlier this year to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.A US federal judge sentenced 22-year-old Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member,

The 22-year-old Air National Guard member admitted he illegally collected sensitive secrets and shared them with other users on Discord.

After pleading guilty to the most consequential national security breach in years, Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira faces 15 years in prison. He leaked secret reports of the war in Ukraine on the social media platform Discord.

Jack Teixeira, a US Air National Guardsman who leaked Pentagon documents last year in one of the highest-profile intelligence cases in recent years, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Teixeira,

A federal judge in Boston Tuesday sentenced Jack Teixeira, a Massachusetts Air National Guard member who leaked classified military documents on Discord, to 15 years in prison. Teixeira, 22, was arrested in April 2023 and pleaded guilty in March to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act.