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Ex-Prosecutor Stole Jack Smith Report Using Dessert Recipe Misdirection, Feds Say

Carmen Lineberger is accused of emailing herself the documents and disguising them with file names such as “Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf” and “Chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf.”

Jack Smith report

Judge Cannon barred the report segment that Lineberger is accused of accessing from being publicly released after Jack Smith abandoned the case. Jon Elswick/AP

By Adora Brown

May 20, 2026 07:16 p.m.

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