Former prosecutor emailed herself the unreleased Jack Smith report, DOJ alleges

A former federal prosecutor was indicted on charges she emailed herself confidential files from special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of allegations that President Donald Trump mishandled classified documents, the Justice Department said.

A former federal prosecutor was indicted on charges she emailed herself confidential files from special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation of allegations that President Donald Trump mishandled classified documents, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

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Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, was charged with four counts related to stealing, concealing and altering government property and records, according to the nine-page indictment.

The Justice Department alleges that while she was a managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida last year, Lineberger received a copy of a confidential volume of Smith’s report. She altered file names of the volume, as well as other internal Justice Department materials, and sent them to her personal Hotmail and Gmail accounts, according to court documents.