A Massachusetts Air National Guard member who pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday.

Jack Teixeira, a Mass. Air National Guardsman, was sentenced in court today. The 22-year-old plead guilty to leaking military documents via Discord.

Jack D. Teixeira, the Massachusetts Air National Guardsman convicted of espionage for leaking classified information in an internet chat group, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison. “I wanted to say that I’m sorry for all of the harm that I’ve brought and that I’ve caused and that I don’t think I can really sum up how contrite I am,

"I understand that all responsibility and consequences fall upon my shoulders," he told a judge Tuesday. "I accept what that may bring."

Jack Teixeira, 22, pleaded guilty in March to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the Espionage Act. He was looking at a maximum of more than 16

The former Air National Guardsman was accused of exposing details of American surveillance of adversaries and allies.

Prosecutors said Jack Teixeira "perpetrated one of the most significant and consequential violations of the Espionage Act in American history."

Former Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years for stealing classified information from the Defense Department and sharing it online, the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts announced.