Jack Smith says President Trump broke the law in House testimony
Jack Smith said he supports his decision to prosecute President Donald Trump.
A federal prosecutor who worked on Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump was indicted on May 20 on charges of smuggling confidential office documents, some of which were allegedly disguised as PDFs containing cake recipes.
Prosecutors have charged Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, of Port St. Lucie, Fla., with four felonies, including “destruction, falsification, or falsification of records in a federal investigation,” as well as charges of “concealing, deleting, or mutilating public documents” and “theft of government property,” which could carry up to 20 years in prison.
A Florida prosecutor allegedly emailed a confidential document labeled “For Internal Department of Justice Use Only” to her personal email address. She retitles the files to “Chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf” and “Bundt_Cake_recipe.pdf.”
The document was a copy of the second volume of Jack Smith’s findings in the classified document investigation into Trump. The summary has not been made public, and a federal judge permanently blocked its release in early 2026. The first volume of the findings has been published.
Reinberg worked as a chief assistant to the U.S. attorney in the Fort Pierce office of the Southern District of Florida. She was arraigned May 20 in West Palm Beach and entered a not guilty plea. A special prosecutor in the Northern District of Florida is handling the case.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced the charges, writing on social media: “The FBI will not hesitate to hold accountable those who violated the trust of the American people in an investigation that should never have been brought in the first place.”
