{"id":605324,"date":"2026-05-21T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=605324"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:47:27","slug":"former-prosecutor-allegedly-emailed-herself-jack-smith-classified-report-under-fake-cake-recipe-names-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=605324","title":{"rendered":"Former prosecutor allegedly emailed herself Jack Smith classified report under fake cake recipe names"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former federal prosecutor has been indicted by the Trump administration for reportedly emailing herself confidential Department of Justice (DOJ) records.<\/p>\n

Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, a former managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida, allegedly emailed herself key files from former Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s final report on President Donald Trump, according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She originally got away with it by disguising the files as cake recipes.<\/p>\n

\u201cProsecutors alleged Lineberger concealed her actions by saving electronic copies of government records under misleading file names, including \u2018chocolate cake recipe\u2019 and \u2018bundt cake recipe,\u2019 before sending them to personal Hotmail accounts,\u201d Fox News notes.<\/p>\n

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Former federal prosecutor Carmen Lineberger was indicted yesterday for theft.<\/p>\n

She allegedly emailed herself copies of the Jack Smith\u2019s classified docs case report, under covert names such as \u201cchocolate cake recipe\u201d and \u201cbundt cake recipie\u201d.<\/p>\n

She faces up to 24 years in prison. pic.twitter.com\/6esbez8Ha3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The files she targeted pertained specifically to Smith\u2019s investigation into President Trump over his alleged mishandling of classified national security documents.<\/p>\n

In December, Smith testified to Congress that his office had \u201cdeveloped proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump \u2026 willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January of 2021, storing them at his social club, including in a ballroom and a bathroom,\u201d and that Trump also \u201crepeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents.\u201d<\/p>\n

The files containing the \u201cproof\u201d were plucked from Volume II of Smith\u2019s final report, which federal Judge Aileen Cannon blocked the release of last year. Note that Cannon issued the blocking order on Volume II after Lineberger had already received her own copy of the full report.<\/p>\n

Lineberger was officially indicted on Tuesday on counts of obstruction, concealment, and theft.<\/p>\n

\u201c[She] pleaded not guilty during a federal court appearance Wednesday,\u201d Fox News notes. \u201cIf convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison on the obstruction charge, three years for concealment or removal of public records, and up to one year on each theft count.\u201d<\/p>\n

FBI Director Kash Patel said in a tweet that under his leadership, the \u201cFBI will not hesitate to bring to account those who violated the trust of the American public in an investigation that should\u2019ve never been brought to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" This afternoon, a former managing assistant U.S. Attorney who supported Jack Smith\u2019s politicized investigation of President Trump has been charged with stealing the confidential investigation documents.<\/p>\n

Carmen Lineberger allegedly emailed the confidential material to her\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As for the president, he pleaded not guilty to 40 counts of retaining classified information, obstruction of justice, and false statements in 2023.<\/p>\n

Judge Cannon later outright dismissed Smith\u2019s case altogether the following year on the grounds that the special counsel hadn\u2019t been properly appointed to his post.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom line is this: The Appointments Clause is a critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers, and it gives to Congress a considered role in determining the propriety of vesting appointment power for inferior officers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Special Counsel\u2019s position effectively usurps that important legislative authority, transferring it to a Head of Department, and in the process threatening the structural liberty inherent in the separation of powers,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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Liberals are going to be crying even harder today.<\/p>\n

Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the classified documents case against Donald.<\/p>\n

In a ruling Monday, Cannon said the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith violated the Constitution. pic.twitter.com\/xImqOIovGN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) July 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Regarding the Volume II report, several groups have reportedly sued for access to it, including the Media Freedom and Information Access (MFIA) Clinic at Yale Law School.<\/p>\n

The group filed an amicus brief in March on behalf of \u201ca group of First Amendment scholars urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to unseal parts of Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s final report,\u201d according to Yale Law School.<\/p>\n

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.@MFIAclinic<\/a> has filed an amicus brief on behalf of First Amendment scholars urging the release of Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s final report in the classified documents case. https:\/\/t.co\/5aorzcHRwX<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/h4uXoPN6wY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yale Law School (@YaleLawSch) March 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A former federal prosecutor has been indicted by the Trump administration for reportedly emailing herself confidential Department of Justice (DOJ) records. Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, a former managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida, allegedly emailed herself key files from former Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s final report on President Donald Trump, according to… Continue reading Former prosecutor allegedly emailed herself Jack Smith classified report under fake cake recipe names<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":605301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=605324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/605301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=605324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=605324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=605324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}