The Air National Guardsman accused of accessing classified information and posting it online has filed a motion in court, asking the judge in his case to treat him like former Pres. Trump and not require he remain in jail until trial.
Teixeira has been held without bail since his April arrest. A federal magistrate said he represented a threat to national security and could be an attractive recruit for foreign intelligence agencies seeking his knowledge of classified material.MORE: Jack Teixeira, alleged classified documents leaker, indicted by federal grand jury
Teixeira’s legal team also argued he should be treated like former President Trump, who was released on his own recognizance after he pleaded not guilty to charges of mishandling classified documents and obstructing the effort to return them. There was also a government document discussing a plot by a foreign adversary to target United States forces abroad," according to the June indictment.
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