A Florida federal prosecutor named Carmen Mercedes Lineberger has been indicted for allegedly emailing herself documents from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on Donald Trump, while hiding them under the names of cake recipes. The indictment was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
According to Mediaite, Lineberger received copies of Smith’s “Volume II Report” on January 16, 2025. The report covers the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents and his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The report had been sealed by Judge Aileen Cannon under a court order.
