His lawyers have suggested that he be released to his father and largely confined to his home with location monitoring and no access to the internet. Teixeira, of North Dighton, has been behind bars since his April arrest on charges stemming from the most consequential intelligence leak in years. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and attacked the prosecution as politically motivated. While Trump was not required to surrender a passport - prosecutors said he was not considered a flight risk - the magistrate judge directed the former president to not discuss the case with certain witnesses. Trump has also pleaded not guilty to dozens of felony counts accusing him of hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and refusing government demands to give them back. Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Teixeira pleaded not guilty last month to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information. Teixeira’s detention on this basis is illusory.” Teixeira's attorneys wrote that the “disparate approach” in these cases - which are both charged under the Espionage Act - shows that the government's “argument for Mr. Yet, the risk of flight posed by their knowledge of national security information, and their abnormal ability to flee, didn’t even result in a request that either surrender their passport,” Teixeira's lawyers wrote. “Former President Trump and The Trump Organization own properties in multiple foreign countries, and former President Trump has access to a private plane. Teixeira’s risk to national security." Teixeira's lawyers noted that prosecutors did not seek to detain Trump - or his co-defendant, Walt Nauta - even though the former president and his valet “possess extraordinary means to flee the United States.” In court papers, the defense attorneys argued that Teixeira has no financial ability or incentive to flee, and claimed the government “greatly overexaggerates Mr. Teixeira's lawyers are now asking a different judge to reverse that decision. The Massachusetts Air National Guard member accused of leaking secret military papers challenged a judge's decision that he remain behind bars, pointing Monday to the pretrial release of former President Donald Trump and others charged in high-profile classified documents cases.Ī magistrate judge who ruled in May that 21-year-old Jack Teixeira must remain behind bars while the case plays out found that releasing him would pose a risk that he would attempt to flee the country or obstruct justice.
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