WASHINGTON. Jack Teixeira, who served in the Massachusetts National Guard and is accused of booting secret Pentagon and intelligence documentstried to obstruct the authorities’ investigation of the case and had a turbulent past of posts with racist overtones and a propensity for violence, according to a memorandum filed by his lawyers Ministry of Justice.

The 18-page document was filed in federal court in Massachusetts. Lawyers representing the US state argue that Teixeira’s detention should be extended indefinitely because the detainee poses a “serious danger” and may possess information that is “extremely useful to hostile states.” They also note that the documents leaked because of him on the Internet are “much more than have been revealed to date.”

The perpetrator who uploaded classified Pentagon documents to the Internet had a racist past and a propensity for violence.

Spokespeople for the Attorney General raised questions about the young National Guard pilot’s mental health, saying he was expelled from high school in 2018 for disturbing comments he made about Molotov cocktails and the use of weapons, and that he searched the Internet for information about the mass shootings of the attack. with the use of weapons. The memo states that Teixeira “repeatedly participated in discussions of assassinations and other acts of violence” on the same online Discord platform where he later uploaded classified Pentagon documents. In addition, it is noted that he placed a weapon and a campaign uniform around his bed in his parents’ house.

Elsewhere in the memo, Teixeira was “prone to making racist comments”. Arguing that his detention should be extended indefinitely, federal prosecutors say that, in a state of panic when prosecutors closed in on him, he attempted to obstruct the investigation by urging members of an online discussion group to delete any posts they had posted and confuse investigators.

Jack Teixeira was arrested on April 13 on charges of unauthorized disclosure of classified information. The DOJ memorandum stresses that the gravity of the alleged acts could lead to prison terms of up to 25 years “or much more” if convicted.