Former federal prosecutor indicted for stealing Jack Smith report

newsMay 20, 202612168

Carmen Lineberger, a former federal prosecutor in Miami, was indicted for emailing an unreleased volume of Special Counsel Jack Smith's sealed report on President Trump's classified documents case to her private email accounts. Federal prosecutors charged Lineberger with four felony counts for removing and transmitting the sealed report, which violated Judge Aileen Cannon's order that the report remain under seal. Court filings show the file was labeled 'Cake recipes' when she sent copies to her private accounts. The indictment raises the prospect of criminal penalties and could prompt stricter court controls over handling sealed special counsel materials.

CNN

@cnn.com

A former managing assistant US attorney in the Southern District of Florida has been charged with emailing herself the most sought-after, confidential records in special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of President Trump, masquerading them as dessert recipes. https://cnn.it/4nCzZpS

12359d ago

ElizaD 🐈🎈🔹️17

She should run for President and will then, receive the same treatment (no consequences) as the current President has, for essentially the same underlying action *mishandling classified information*.

conincanada.bsky.social10

Is she going to ask for some of that money???

Valerie Steel7

DISCOVERY - The Joy of Cooking

Steven5

Ironically, a recipe for pickles

Mark Riley4

Fuck that. We paid for this to be produced. We can argue the specifics, but only if we get to see it.

Elizabeth Potter Graham, JD4

Two counts of theft of government money or property, valued less than $1,000. I hope her motivations were pure.

Modeka4

Guess what CNN. There are copies out there that will suddenly appear when the time is right !

beth4.bsky.social3

Is she going to let everyone know what they said?

ssoles.bsky.social3

Recipes for the tacky ballroom...

MarvinTheParanoidAndroid2

Did she email them to her toilet? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman

@kdbyproxy.bsky.social

FUN FACT: Among the things with which Lineberger is charged – Changing the name of her illicit copy of Jack Smith's Trump report, Volume II, to "Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf"

7. On or about December 1, 2025, LINEBERGER accessed the electronic message she previously received on January 16, 2025, which contained the Report and downloaded an electronic copy of the Report to her government-issued computer, altered the original file name of the Report to "Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf" and saved the re-named file to the desktop of her government-issued computer.
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COUNT THREE

The allegations contained in paragraphs one through nine of this Indictment are realleged and incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein.

On or about December 1, 2025, in the Southern District of Florida,
CARMEN MERCEDES LINEBERGER,
willfully and unlawfully concealed and removed and attempted to conceal and remove with intent to take and carry away a record and document filed and deposited with a clerk and officer of a court of the United States, and in any public office, and with any judicial and public officer of the United States, that is, did change the file name of the Report and thereafter attempted to remove the Report via electronic transmission outside the Department of Justice.

In violation of violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2071(a).

1959d ago

Lauren Ashley Davis

@laurenmeidasa.bsky.social

Former federal prosecutor indicted for stealing copy of unreleased Jack Smith report Carmen Lineberger is accused of sending the report to her private email accounts, in violation of Judge Aileen Cannon’s order. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

1359d ago

Lee West

@whodat35.bsky.social

Blanche is on a roll, taking orders directly from Trump, acting like he’s on retainer with him as his client. Former federal prosecutor indicted for stealing copy of unreleased Jack Smith report. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

459d ago

papoo2u

@papoo2u.bsky.social

I can't understand why the Democratic response to the Rs saying that Biden weaponized the DOJ is to simply say that if he had, Trump would be in jail. If they want proof, just ask Aileen Cannon to release part two of Jack Smith's report!

459d ago

Flingjore

@flingjore.com

"Cake recipes" is what the file was titled but it contained a restricted Jack Smith report. Carmen Lineberger faces four felony charges for allegedly smuggling the document to personal accounts. The breach, which defies Judge Aileen Cannon’s order, exposes a massive lapse in security.

259d ago

Wake Up America

@claudiner66.bsky.social

Florida prosecutor charged with emailing herself the most sought-after documents from Jack Smith’s Trump investigation www.cnn.com/2026/05/20/p...

59d ago

Vivalavoices

@vivalavoices.bsky.social

Oh, don't worry, Jack Smith had these cases dismissed so he could resurrect them at the right time. He intends to hang them like an albatross around Trump's neck. He isn't going to give dirty DOJ, any of his evidence. What? So, they can bury it? No way. Smith is good man.

259d ago

🌈🌈Peppermint Paddy

@jenkat57.bsky.social

Another 5 alarm fire for the KIng...and Jack Smith. A report that has never been seen buy the public is said to been e-mailed in a "Bundt Cake Recipe" and Dump has filed charges of Gov Stolen Property. The jokes just keep writting themseleves👁️. Discovery is sweet. www.youtube.com/shorts/2wgZ5...

158d ago

Project Push

@project-push.tk.gg

Breaking News A former DOJ prosecutor has been charged with sending herself copies of an unreleased volume of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on Trump via Politico

59d ago

Small 🐕 for a king size bed

@jami3summ3rs.bsky.social

AP — A former federal prosecutor in Miami is facing federal charges over allegations that she sent to her personal email account a report that a judge had ordered to be kept secret detailing Jack Smith's investigation into Trump hoarding of classified documents, according to court papers unsealed

59d ago

MiaB

@miab75.bsky.social

DOJ charges prosecutor with trying to steal report on Trump's classified docs case On Wednesday charged a longtime federal prosecutor with attempting to steal a sealed report prepared by then-special counsel Jack Smith on President Donald Trump's alleged retention of classified documents.

59d ago

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