DOJ charges ex-prosecutor with emailing secret Jack Smith report to herself under file name "Bundt Cake Recipe"
Updated on: May 20, 2026 / 8:01 PM EDT / CBS News
TL;DR
- Former federal prosecutor Carmen Lineberger faces charges of theft of government property, concealing and removing a public record, and altering a public record.
- The charges are related to Lineberger allegedly emailing herself a sealed report by Special Counsel Jack Smith that investigated President Trump.
- Lineberger is accused of downloading "Volume II" of the report, which focused on classified documents, and saving it as "Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf."
- She also allegedly emailed herself portions of an internal Justice Department memorandum, saving it as "Chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf."
- The indictment does not specify Lineberger's intentions for possessing the documents.