Washington: An Australian man living in the United States faces a likely jail sentence after pleading guilty to stealing defence trade secrets from his American employer for a Russian broker.

Senior figures in the Trump administration excoriated Peter Williams, 39, following the guilty plea, saying he “betrayed the United States and our allies” by selling cyber tools that were likely used against adversaries.

A jobseeker holds an L3Harris flyer at a career in Montreal, Canada, this month. Reports say Peter Williams was the general manager of L3Harris subsidiary Trenchant until August this year. Credit: Bloomberg

Williams entered the plea before the District of Columbia in Washington on Wednesday, local time, in relation to two counts of theft of trade secrets.

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