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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...

The special counsel has handed over to former President Trump the first set of discovery materials in the case against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents. Special counsel Jack Smith's team has handed over to former President Donald Trump its first set of discovery materials supporting its case against him for allegedly mishandling classified documents and obstructing the government's efforts to retrieve them. The handover was detailed in a court filing on Wednesday. MORE: Trump trial date tentatively set for August in classified documents case The former president has pleaded not guilty 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. According to the Wednesday's filing, the materials handed over to Trump's team consist of documents and evid...

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...

Documents related to Trump's tax returns from 2015-2020 have been publicly released by the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Friday publicly released documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns covering the six years from 2015-2020. The move comes after committee members voted 24-16 last week to release the documents after sensitive information -- like bank account numbers and Social Security numbers -- had been redacted. Trump has long fought to keep his tax records private. MORE: Trump's tax returns show he paid no taxes in 2020, committee says Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., told reporters last Tuesday that the committee found there was no ongoing audit of Trump's tax returns during his presidency until the committee requested them, despite an IRS requirement that tax returns filed by a sitting president or vice president are subject to audit. Neal said...

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...