NEW: An online user who claims to be a member of the Discord server where Jack Teixeira allegedly leaked classified documents tells ABC News that he looked up to the airman.
This image made from video provided by WCVB-TV, shows Jack Teixeira, in T-shirt and shorts, being taken into custody by armed tactical agents on April 13, 2023, in Dighton, Mass.An internet user claiming to be a member of the small online community where a Massachusetts Air National Guard member is accused of leaking hundreds oftold ABC News that he looked up to the airman, calling him "very smart, and always was [one] step ahead of everyone.
Vahki described Teixeira as a "Christian," with politics that were "Libertarian at most." The pair first met on a server for fans of the YouTuber Oxide, who posts videos about weapons and the military. Oxide, who did not disclose his real name, told ABC News that he remembered banning Vahki and Teixeira from the community years ago for repeatedly posting racist memes.
The Washington Post last week reported to have reviewed a video that featured Teixeira at a shooting range making "a series of racial and antisemitic slurs into the camera" before firing several rounds at a target.
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