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FILE – Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appears in U.S. District Court in Boston, Friday, April 14, 2023. A judge is expected to hear arguments Thursday, April 27, over whether Teixeira, accused of leaking highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other issues, should remain in jail while he awaits trial. (Margaret Small via AP, File)
Margaret Small via AP, File
FILE – Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, right, appears in U.S. District Court in Boston, Friday, April 14, 2023. A judge is expected to hear arguments Thursday, April 27, over whether Teixeira, accused of leaking highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other issues, should remain in jail while he awaits trial. (Margaret Small via AP, File)
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Massachusetts Air National guardsman Jack Teixeira, 21, appears in Federal court in Worcester today for a detention hearing.

Federal prosecutors have said he should remain locked up.

Among other things, prosecutors argue Teixeira may still be in possession of classified material, and that a hostile nation could help him escape.

Read the motion by federal prosecutors below – or you can download it here.