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 renaming files to hide the transfer, 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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Former prosecutor charged for disguising sealed Trump report as cake recipes
A former federal prosecutor in Florida has been indicted on charges that she secretly emailed herself sealed Justice Department records tied to former special counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents investigation into President Donald Trump, allegedly disguising the files as dessert recipes to avoid detection. Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, of Port St. Lucie, was charged in a newly unsealed federal indictment with theft of government property…
DOJ charges ex-federal prosecutor who tried to steal Trump report disguised as cake recipe
The Department of Justice charged one of its former prosecutors after she allegedly tried to steal a sealed report about an investigation into President Donald Trump by disguising it as a cake recipe. According to reporting by Politico, the DOJ is accusing Carmen Lineberger, 62, of trying to send he...
Ex-US prosecutor sent herself Trump probe report disguised as cake recipe
A former federal prosecutor in Florida sent to her personal email account a special counsel report from the investigation into US President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents despite a judge’s order that it remain sealed, according to an indictment made public on Wednesday. Carmen Lineberger, who worked in the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida and managed its Fort Pierce branch, faces charges including theft …
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