Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old airman with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, made his first

appearance in federal court in Boston Friday morning following his arrest by the FBI in North Dighton,
Massachusetts, on Thursday.

According to charging documents, Teixeira held a top secret security clearance and allegedly began
posting information about the documents online around December 2022, and photos of documents in
January.

Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure that the classified material had been
posted online to a small Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The documents,
some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included a wide range of highly classified information,
including eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt assessments on the state of the
Ukraine war.

Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker
Central, multiple US officials told CNN, where information from the classified documents was first
posted months ago.

Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure that the classified material had been
posted online to a small Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The documents,
some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included a wide range of highly classified information,
including eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt assessments on the state of the
Ukraine war.

Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker
Central, multiple US officials told CNN, where information from the classified documents was first
posted months ago.

Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure that the classified material had been
posted online to a small Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The documents,
some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included a wide range of highly classified information,
including eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt assessments on the state of the
Ukraine war.

Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker
Central, multiple US officials told CNN, where information from the classified documents was first
posted months ago.
Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure that the classified material had been
posted online to a small Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The documents,
some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included a wide range of highly classified information,
including eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt assessments on the state of the
Ukraine war.

Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker
Central, multiple US officials told CNN, where information from the classified documents was first
posted months ago.

Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure

that the classified material had been posted online to a small
Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The
documents, some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included
a wide range of highly classified information, including
eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt
assessments on the state of the Ukraine war.
Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only
Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker Central, multiple US
officials told CNN, where information from the classified
documents was first posted months ago.

Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure

that the classified material had been posted online to a small
Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The
documents, some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included
a wide range of highly classified information, including
eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt
assessments on the state of the Ukraine war.

Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only

Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker Central, multiple US
officials told CNN, where information from the classified
documents was first posted months ago.

Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure

that the classified material had been posted online to a small
Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The
documents, some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included
a wide range of highly classified information, including
eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt
assessments on the state of the Ukraine war.

Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only

Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker Central, multiple US
officials told CNN, where information from the classified
documents was first posted months ago.

Teixeira’s arrest came a week after the initial public disclosure

that the classified material had been posted online to a small
Discord group, a social media platform popular with gamers. The
documents, some of which have been reviewed by CNN, included
a wide range of highly classified information, including
eavesdropping on key allies and adversaries and blunt
assessments on the state of the Ukraine war.

Teixeira is believed to be the head of an obscure invite-only

Discord chatroom called Thug Shaker Central, multiple US
officials told CNN, where information from the classified
documents was first posted months ago.