A former federal prosecutor in South Florida has been indicted for allegedly stealing a sealed copy of Jack Smith’s Volume II report on President Donald Trump’s classified documents investigation and emailing it to her personal Gmail account. The file name she used to disguise the document was “Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf.”

Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, who served as managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Fort Pierce branch of the Southern District of Florida, faces a four-count indictment including theft of government property and concealment of government records. She pleaded not guilty during a court appearance in West Palm Beach and was released without posting bond.

According to federal prosecutors, Lineberger emailed the sealed report from her government account to her personal email on December 1, 2025. The document, Volume II of Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s retention of top-secret documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, had been ordered sealed by Judge Aileen Cannon and remained inaccessible to the public.

The indictment states that Lineberger altered the file name of the report to “Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf” before saving it on her government computer and transmitting it to her personal email address. Prosecutors also allege she previously created a document containing portions of internal Justice Department messages and an official memorandum, which she sent via a file named “chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf.”

Judge Cannon issued an order in January 2025 prohibiting the DOJ from releasing or sharing Volume II of Smith’s report following arguments by Trump’s legal team that disclosure would be unfairly prejudicial after Smith abandoned the case. The sealed report was permanently blocked from release in February 2025.

Lineberger, who was managing assistant U.S. attorney at the time of the alleged conduct, is charged with theft of government property and offenses related to the removal and alteration of public records. Her defense attorney has not publicly commented on the case.