Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira, speaking from a Virginia federal prison where he is serving a 15-year sentence for leaking national defense secrets, said Thursday that he would commit the same actions again, and that he is appealing for a pardon from President Donald Trump. 

“My intent was to educate the United States populist people about what was going on,” Teixeira told ABC News. “It was by no means meant to harm my country, but I did believe that I needed to educate the people about what was going on because I believe they were being lied to.”

Teixeira, 22, said that he does not think he betrayed his country, and that he is seeking a pardon in the case because it was “politicized” under former President Joe Biden’s administration. 

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