New: Ex-DOJ Attorney Stole Official Records Disguised as Cake Recipes
A former Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney has been charged with stealing confidential investigation documents by disguising them as cake recipes. Carmen Lineberger allegedly emailed these documents to herself using misleading file names to evade detection. She faces multiple felony counts related to the theft and alteration of government records.
- ▪Carmen Lineberger, 62, has been indicted for theft of government property and falsification of records.
- ▪She allegedly altered electronic file names of government records to conceal their unauthorized transmission.
- ▪The indictment includes charges for the concealment and mutilation of public records.
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New: Ex-DOJ Attorney Stole Official Records Disguised as Cake Recipes By Ward Clark | 5:33 PM on May 20, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan We've all heard the old gag about smuggling a file into a prison inmate where the fire was baked inside a cake. But a former Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney smuggling confidential material by emailing it to herself disguised as cake recipes? That's a new one. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_2"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_2"]]) }); And yet, that's what happened, and the alleged perp is a former Managing Assistant United States Attorney, to boot.
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