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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- ▪ Ex-prosecutor charged with sending to herself report on Trump classified probe — NPR Topics: News
- ▪ Ex-prosecutor charged with sending to herself report on Trump classified probe — NPR — News
- ▪ Former prosecutor emailed herself the unreleased Jack Smith report, DOJ alleges — NBC News — Politics
- ▪ DOJ charges ex-prosecutor with emailing secret Jack Smith report to herself — CBS News — Top
- ▪ Former prosecutor charged for disguising sealed Jack Smith report as cake recipe — Washington Examiner
- ▪ Ex-prosecutor charged with sending herself copy of Smith report on Trump classified files probe — ABC News — US
- ▪ Ex-US prosecutor charged for sending herself Trump probe report disguised as cake recipe — South China Morning Post
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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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