Former prosecutor charged with emailing herself Jack Smith report, disguising it as cake recipe
Carmen Lineberger, 62, faces four criminal counts over accusations she improperly sent herself confidential communications using misleading file names to make them look like bundt and chocolate cake recipes. She pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate judge in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday morning. below the one about her pleading not guilty? Lineberger served as the managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Justice Department’s Fort Pierce branch, the location of Trump’s classified documents prosecution.
- ▪Carmen Lineberger, 62, faces four criminal counts over accusations she improperly sent herself confidential communications using misleading file names to make them look like bundt and chocolate cake recipes.
- ▪She pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate judge in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday morning. below the one about her pleading not guilty?
- ▪Lineberger served as the managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Justice Department’s Fort Pierce branch, the location of Trump’s classified documents prosecution.
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Court Battles Former prosecutor charged with emailing herself Jack Smith report, disguising it as cake recipe by Zach Schonfeld - 05/20/26 4:51 PM ET Link copied by Zach Schonfeld - 05/20/26 4:51 PM ET Link copied NOW PLAYING A former federal prosecutor was indicted for emailing herself an unreleased volume of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report into President Trump, according to charging documents unsealed Wednesday. Carmen Lineberger, 62, faces four criminal counts over accusations she improperly sent herself confidential communications using misleading file names to make them look like bundt and chocolate cake recipes. She pleaded not guilty before a federal magistrate judge in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday morning.
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