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Ex-DoJ prosecutor charged with sending sealed Jack Smith Trump report to personal email
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Carmen Mercedes Lineberger accused of hiding files related to Trump documents investigation as bundt cake recipe. A former Department of Justice prosecutor is facing felony charges after emailing herself a sealed Biden-era investigative report concerning Donald Trump and attempting to hide the documents as cake recipes, federal authorities said on Wednesday.Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, who worked as a managing assistant US attorney in Florida, is facing two counts of theft of government money or property in addition to charges related to her alleged alteration of the documents, according to the indictment. Continue reading...
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