Pentagon leak suspect made chilling comments threatening violence, feds say

The Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified Pentagon documents has made numerous comments on social media over the past six months threatening violence, the Justice Department is alleging. 

Jack Teixeira, 21, is awaiting Friday a decision from a federal judge over whether he will remain in pretrial detention. He is facing charges of unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and willful retention of classified documents.

"A review of records received from a social media platform... indicate that the Defendant regularly made comments about violence and murder," the Justice Department wrote in a filing this week arguing for Teixeira to be held on the basis that he is a serious flight risk.

"In November 2022, the Defendant stated that if he had his way, he would ‘kill a [expletive] ton of people’ because it would be "culling the weak minded,’" the document said.

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