FBI agents on April 13 arrested a man suspected of being involved in the leak of classified documents, officials said.
Agents took Jack Teixeira, 21, into custody “without incident,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in prepared remarks from the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington.
Teixeira was arrested by agents at a home in North Dighton “in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention, and transmission of classified national defense information,” Garland said.
President Joe Biden had said earlier Thursday that the government was “getting close” to finding the leaker after a “full-blown investigation” was launched by the Department of Justice earlier in April….