The US Army analyst – pleaded not guilty at his first appearance in court Friday morning in Nashville, Tennessee.
Sgt. Korbein Schultz, 24, was arrested at his post Thursday hours before the against him was unsealed.
Prosecutors allege that since June 2022, Schultz, an intelligence analyst, had been selling sensitive U.S. military information to someone in Hong Kong who worked for a geopolitical consulting firm.
He shared information about advanced military helicopters, high-mobility artillery rocket systems, defensive missile systems and Chinese military tactics, according to the indictment. He is accused of receiving $42,000 in exchange for the information, prosecutors said.
Schultz walked into U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara D. Holmes' courtroom just before noon Friday wearing a dark khaki shirt, black pants and tan boots. His shirt was stretched and distressed at the neck.
His hair was in a typical Army cut, and he had tattoos on both forearms. He was shackled at the ankles in orange cuffs.
Schultz appeared despondent when entering and kept his eyes down when seated before the hearing began —except for glances to the gallery where four reporters, a handful of lawyers and a defendant for an upcoming case were seated. None of Schultz's family was present in the courtroom.
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