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President Donald Trump ally U.S. District Judge Ailleen Cannon dismissed the president’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents prosecution in 2024, the criminal case involving Trump\u2019s alleged stealing and misuse of classified state documents after his first term. Critics say Cannon unquestionably granted Trump a huge favor, siding with defense lawyers who said special counsel Jack Smith, who filed the charges, was illegally appointed by the Justice Department. <\/p>\n

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In May, she then blocked the release of the files Smith and his team created. Nonprofits have since appealed Cannon\u2019s decision blocking of the files on free speech grounds and fighting government corruption, to prevent the judge from destroying Volume II of the investigation.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s a complication in the Trump team\u2019s attempt to bury Smith\u2019s investigation. Carmen Mercedes Lineberger, 62, who formerly worked as a managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District, may have tried to mail the relevant documents of Trump\u2019s damning investigation to her own email \u2014 and Trump\u2019s politicized DOJ is still furious.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DOJ, which Donald Trump controls, has asked a judge who threw out the president’s Mar-a-Lago classified documents prosecution to \u2018consider further action\u2019 after a former government lawyer was charged with stealing ex-special counsel Jack Smith’s never publicly disclosed report on the probe,\u201d Law and Crime reports.<\/p>\n

The DOJ does not want the details of that case to appear in public, and they announced an indictment against Lineberger in May. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant concealed her actions by saving electronic copies of the government records in question under the misleading files names \u2018chocolate cake recipe\u2019 and \u2018bundt cake recipe\u2019 before electronically transmitting those records to her personal email accounts,\u201d Trump DOJ alleged in May. \u201cAs to the DOJ report, the indictment further alleges the defendant acted knowing that her transmission of the record outside DOJ directly violated the court order and impaired the proper administration of the underlying criminal prosecution.<\/p>\n

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Still furious on Monday, apparently, Trump\u2019s DOJ asked Trump\u2019s vetted ally in U.S. District court to come down hard on Lineberger alleging to Cannon that her crimes are also a violation of the Cannon\u2019s court order putting in place an injunction that has been protecting Trump from Smith\u2019s embarrassing information since the start of 2025 and Trump’s second term as president.<\/p>\n

“This Notice is provided to disclose this alleged violation of the Order by a now-former Department of Justice employee to enable this Honorable Court to consider further action and sanction as deemed appropriate,” the filing said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Notice is provided to disclose this alleged violation of the Order by a now-former Department of Justice employee to enable this Honorable Court to consider further action and sanction as deemed appropriate,\u201d the attorney\u2019s argue.<\/p>\n

It is up to Cannon to act \u2014 but if she does it will be an ironic slap to an alleged document thief who stole records related to Trump’s own theft of documents case.<\/p>\n

Lineberger has pleaded not guilty to theft, record alteration, and concealment charges,\u201d reports Law and Crime.<\/p>\n

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