Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on charges related to violations of the Espionage Act and mishandling of classified documents taken from the White House. President Joe Biden has appointed a special counsel to investigate, which has been met with criticism from Republicans. The charges stem from an incident in January 2021, when Trump was accused of taking classified documents from the White House after he lost reelection.
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Jack Teixeira, a 21 year old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, has been charged with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal of classified information and defense materials. He was arrested by heavily armed tactical agents and is being held in federal custody. The FBI identified Teixeira as a suspect in the leak of highly classified military documents, which were posted on social media and exposed sensitive information about the war in Ukraine.