{"id":1300,"date":"2026-06-03T17:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1300"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:02:38","slug":"ex-prosecutor-accused-of-emailing-trump-files-disguised-as-recipes-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1300","title":{"rendered":"Ex-prosecutor accused of emailing Trump files disguised as recipes. What to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A former federal prosecutor in South Florida has been indicted on charges of emailing herself confidential Justice Department records from special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s investigation of Donald Trump. Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, allegedly renamed the files as dessert recipes before sending them from her DOJ computer to her personal email accounts.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1299\">How a \u2018savage storm\u2019 changed Miami 100 years ago. Could it happen again?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>FULL STORY: Prosecutor renamed Trump-case records as dessert recipes and sent to self: feds<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1297\">Rent, mansions, affordable housing. See Miami housing news we\u2019re talking about<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here are key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lineberger, who managed the Fort Pierce prosecutor\u2019s office, faces two felony charges of altering internal records and two misdemeanor counts of theft of government property. She pleaded not guilty on May 20 and was released without bail.<\/li>\n<li>The indictment alleges she renamed files containing Volume II of Smith\u2019s report as \u201cChocolate_cake_receipe.pdf\u201d and \u201cBundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf\u201d before emailing them to her personal Hotmail and Gmail accounts in September and December 2025.<\/li>\n<li>Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, dismissed Smith\u2019s classified-documents case against Trump in July 2024 and issued a Jan. 21, 2025, order blocking release of Volume II of the report.<\/li>\n<li>Lineberger is the latest South Florida prosecutor terminated since Trump returned to office Jan. 20, 2025. Four colleagues in the Miami U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office were previously fired, several tied to Smith\u2019s Trump investigations.<\/li>\n<li>Two former federal prosecutors called the indictment retaliatory, noting Lineberger was authorized to have the documents. \u201cHow do you steal something that you are legally allowed to have?\u201d one asked, though both questioned why she renamed the files as recipes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. 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