JUST IN: Former Fed Prosecutor Indicted for Allegedly Emailing Herself Jack Smith's Report Renamed as Cake Recipe

A former federal prosecutor in Florida, Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, was indicted for allegedly emailing herself documents that a court ordered not to be shared. The documents related to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal prosecution of President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice says the documents were disguised as cake recipes. Smith had pursued cases against Trump over alleged mishandling of classified documents, retention of such documents at Mar-a-Lago, and conduct connected to the January 6, 2021 attack and efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. After Trump won the 2024 election, DOJ policy prevented prosecution of a sitting president. The indictment states Lineberger received copies of Smith’s Volume II Report on January 16, 2025, and the case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

"A former federal prosecutor in Florida has been indicted for allegedly emailing herself documents that the court had ordered not to be shared, related to Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal prosecution of President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice says she disguised the documents as cake recipes."

"Prior to the president getting elected to his second term, Smith had been pursuing criminal cases against Trump accusing him of mishandling classified documents and keeping them at his residence at Mar-a-Lago and for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol and attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results."

"When Trump won the 2024 election, that was the effective end of the criminal cases due to long-standing DOJ policy that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted."

"Last December, Smith testified before the House Judiciary Committee that his office's investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power and also developed powerful evidence that showed that President Trump 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."

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