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Jack Teixeira, the member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard accused of leaking classified documents online, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Jack Teixeira, the member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard accused of leaking classified documents online, has been indicted by a federal grand jury. He is facing six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information relation to the national defense, according to the Justice Department. Teixeira, 21, is accused of abusing his security clearance to take classified documents and post them on social media sites, according to the Department of Justice. Teixeira revealed the kinds of military hardware the U.S. was prepared to deliver to Ukraine to assist in its defense of Russia’s invasion and put the supply line in potential jeopardy, the indictment said. MORE: Jack Teixeira: What we know about document leak suspect "The unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified information jeopard...

Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the judge overseeing former President Trump's classified documents case to impose a protective order over the evidence in the case. Special counsel Jack Smith on Friday asked the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's classified documents case to impose a protective order over the evidence in the case. The protective order is meant to ensure that neither Trump nor codefendant Walt Nauta, his presidential valet, disclose sensitive information obtained during the discovery process, where prosecutors will show the defense what evidence it has amassed during their investigation. MORE: Trump rejected his lawyer's effort to propose settlement in classified documents case: Sources Trump was charged on Tuesday with 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the n...

Walt Nauta has told a judge that he wants his attorney to continue to represent him in the federal classified documents case despite any potential conflicts of interest. One of former President Donald Trump's co-defendants in the special counsel's classified documents case told the judge overseeing the case Friday that he wants his attorney to continue to represent him despite any potential co NFL icts of interest . Longtime Trump aide Walt Nauta told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that he understood potential conflicts that his lawyer Stanley Woodward has with his previous and current representations of witnesses in the case -- and that he still wants Woodward to represent him. Special counsel Jack Smith's team had requested the hearings for Cannon to determine if attorneys for Nauta and co-defendant Carlos De Oliveira have any such conflicts of interest. MORE: Judge in classified docs case slams prosecutors before dismissing hearing on potential conflicts of intere...

The judge in the special counsel's classified documents case will hear arguments Thursday from attorneys for two co-defendants regarding potential conflicts of interests. Attorneys for former President Donald Trump's two co-defendants in the special counsel's classified documents case will appear in court Thursday to make their case that their representation of their clients, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, doesn't present a co NFL ict of interest despite them representing other witnesses in the investigation. Lawyers for Trump will also be present at the hearing in Fort Pierce, Florida. Trump pleaded not guilty in June to 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified materials, after prosecutors said he repeatedly refused to return hundreds of documents containing classified information ranging from U.S. nuclear secrets to the nation's defense capabilities, and took steps to thwart the government's efforts to get the documents back. MORE:...

A long-time assistant to former President Trump told investigators that Trump wrote to-do lists for her on documents that were marked classified, sources say. One of former President Donald Trump's long-time assistants told federal investigators that Trump repeatedly wrote to-do lists for her on documents from the White House that were marked classified, according to sources familiar with her statements. As described to ABC News, the aide, Molly Michael, told investigators that -- more than once -- she received requests or taskings from Trump that were written on the back of notecards, and she later recognized those notecards as sensitive White House materials -- with visible classification markings -- used to brief Trump while he was still in office about phone calls with foreign leaders or other international-related matters. The notecards with classification markings were at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate when FBI agents searched the property on Aug. 8, 2022 -- but the materials...

Prosecutors probing Donald Trump's handling of classified documents are threatening charges against a Trump employee suspected of lying to investigators, sources say. The special counsel investigating former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents has taken new steps to examine possible efforts to obstruct the probe, threatening potential charges against a Trump Organization employee who is suspected of lying to investigators, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. Special counsel Jack Smith in recent weeks transmitted a target letter to the staffer indicating that he might have perjured himself during a May appearance before the federal grand jury hearing evidence in the classified documents probe , the sources told ABC News. The target letter to the employee, which was described to ABC News by sources familiar with it but not obtained or reviewed by ABC News, signals Smith's growing interest in the Trump Organization's handling of th...

Strong majorities of Americans believe both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump acted inappropriately when it comes to handling of classified documents Strong majorities of Americans believe that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump acted inappropriately when it came to their handling of classified documents, but in weighing their severity, a plurality of the public believes Trump's actions were more serious, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. Over three-quarters of the public, 77%, feel that Trump acted inappropriate ly in the way he handled classified files, while 64%, say the same of Biden. Condemnation expectedly aligns along party lines, with 96% of Democrats saying that Trump's handling of classified documents was not appropriate compared to 47% of Republicans. MORE: Biden's home searched by Justice Department, more classified material found More than eight in 10 independents (83%), believe that Trump's behavior was ina...