Prosecutor charged with sending herself copy of Smith report on Trump classified files investigation
Carmen Lineberger is accused of emailing a sealed Jack Smith report to herself and disguising it as a cake recipe, prosecutors said.
- Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, a former federal prosecutor in Florida, was charged Wednesday with theft of government property for allegedly emailing a sealed special counsel report on President Donald Trump to her personal account.
- Prosecutors allege Lineberger concealed the document by renaming the file "Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf" before emailing it, violating an order from District Judge Aileen Cannon that prohibited "releasing, sharing or transmitting" the sealed report.
- The report detailed special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump's retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, and Lineberger, who managed the Fort Pierce branch, pleaded not guilty on Wednesday.
- Charged with two counts of theft of government property, Lineberger faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted, though the indictment does not specify her motive for accessing the sealed Volume II Report.
- Judge Cannon had barred the report's public release in February 2026, writing it was "not customary" for prosecutors to release findings for dismissed cases, and the document remains unseen by the public following Smith's abandoned investigation.
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by WorldTribune Staff, May 21, 2026 Non-AI Real World News A federal prosecutor who was part of special counsel Jack Smith’s lawfare targeting of President Donald Trump has been indicted for emailing herself copies of classified government records. The Justice Department announced on Wednesday the indictment of Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, a managing assistant U.S. attorney […]
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