ABC sources: Jack Teixeira to plead guilty in classified documents case

NORTH DIGHTON, Mass. (WLNE) — ABC News sources said that the air national guardsman from Dighton accused of leaking a trove of classified military documents will plead guilty.

The sources said Jack Teixeira reached an agreement with federal prosecutors in exchange for a guilty plea.

Teixeira faced charges for “willful retention and transmission of classified information relating to the national defense” by sharing classified information to the chat client Discord.

A court hearing is scheduled for March 4.