GOP Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio, chairman of the House intelligence committee, rejected the notion that the alleged Pentagon leaker, Jack Teixeira, is a hero who exposed the truth about the war in Ukraine — as some Republicans like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia have suggested.
Margaret Brennan of CBS' "Face the Nation" on Sunday asked Turner for his reaction to praise of Teixeira from Greene and other prominent conservatives like Fox News' Tucker Carlson.
Turner forcefully rebuked Greene's false suggestion that Teixeira "told the truth about troops being on the ground in Ukraine," underscoring that the US military is not directly involved in the Ukraine war and has no troops fighting against the Russian invaders.
"If he's brought through this process, and he's found guilty, it will be of espionage, it's of being a traitor to your country," Turner went on to say of Teixeira, 21, an Air National Guardsman who was charged with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents by prosecutors in federal court last week.
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