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Gabriella Ferrigine

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Mtg defends white male pentagon leaker - The Untold Story

Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., on Thursday defended Jack Teixeria, a Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified intelligence documents about the war between Russia and Ukraine.

The F.B.I. arrested the 21-year-old in North Dighton, Massachusetts on Thursday, alleging that he posted the confidential material to an online Discord gaming chat group called Thug Shaker Central in early March. The New York Times reported that the small online community consisted of "mostly young men and teenagers, came together over a shared love of guns, racist online memes and video games."

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