On April 13, a group of FBI agents in camouflage arrested the 21-year-old National Guard Jack Teixeira at his home in Massachusetts. Teixeira is accused of leaking classified documents containing national security secrets. He faces up to 25 years in prison and has yet to plead guilty.
Since the time of Teixeira’s arrest, reports have surfaced that the invite-only Discord server where Teixeira leaked documents is a repository of racist memes, derogatory jokes, and racist jokes. and gun worship. But on Saturday morning, Washington Post released a much broader report on Teixeira’s extremism, based on previously unpublished videos, chat logs, and interviews with some of Teixeira’s friends. This new proof, write parcelsuggests that Teixeira is “ready for what he imagines would be a violent struggle against a legion of perceived opponents — including Blacks, political liberals, Jews, gays and transgenders.”
In online posts, Teixeira referred to the mainstream media as “zogshit”, a slur for “Zionist occupation government;” repeated false flag conspiracy theories on January 6; and mentioned Waco and Ruby Ridge, two confrontations between law enforcement and armed extremists in the 1990s that became touchpoints for the far right.
“He used the term ‘race war’ quite a few times,” a close friend told the newspaper. parcel. “He has repeatedly called himself a racist… I can tell he is proud of that.” The friend said Teixeira was “very happy” after a white supremacist gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019, adding that Teixeira “will send me video footage scenes of someone being killed, ISIS executions, mass shootings, war videos…He absolutely loves gore.” The friend said Teixeira told him “many times” about his “desire to destroy the school” when he was in high school.
The parcel discovered videos of Teixeira shooting guns in his backyard as well as at a nearby gun range. Teixeira then shot a video of him using racist profanity before emptying a magazine. In the house shared with his mother and stepfather, what has Teixeira accumulated? parcel described as “a small arsenal of rifles, shotguns and pistols, as well as helmets, gas masks, and night vision goggles.”
Teixeira remains in custody, as prosecutors believe he is in danger of absconding. A detention hearing originally scheduled for last Thursday has been cancelled.
