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Former DOJ lawyer charged with theft of unreleased report on Trump documents case

May 20, 2026 9:19 PM UTC / Reuters

By Nate Raymond

May 20, 2026 9:19 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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May 20 (Reuters) – A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney has been charged with emailing herself copies of an unreleased volume of Special Counsel ​Jack Smith’s report concerning the now-dismissed criminal case accusing President Trump ‌of retaining classified documents after his first term.

Carmen Lineberger, who had worked in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, pleaded not guilty to charges ​related to the theft and concealment of government records during a ​Wednesday hearing in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Her ⁠lawyer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trump was ​accused in the case pursued by Smith of illegally storing documents related to ​U.S. national defense, including the American nuclear program, at his Mar-a-Lago social club and obstructing U.S. government efforts to retrieve the material.

Florida-based U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump ​appointee, dismissed the indictment in 2024, finding that Smith had not ​been lawfully appointed by the Justice Department during Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration.

Special counsels, who ‌are ⁠appointed to lead certain politically sensitive investigations, are required to draft reports to the U.S. attorney general detailing their conclusions on whether to seek charges.

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But Cannon last year barred disclosure of the portion of Smith’s final report that ​related to the ​classified documents case.

According ⁠to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, Lineberger had received a copy of that volume last year before Cannon ruled ​while serving as the managing assistant U.S. attorney for her ​office’s ⁠branch in Fort Pierce, Florida.

The indictment said Lineberger on two occasions in late 2025 emailed her personal account a file that contained the volume, concealing her ⁠actions ​by saving the records under the file names “Chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf” ​and “Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf.”

The indictment contains no allegations concerning what, if anything, Lineberger did with the documents after ​emailing them to herself.

Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston; Editing by Bill Berkrot

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DOJ charges ex-prosecutor with emailing secret Jack Smith report to herself under file name “Bundt Cake Recipe”

May 20, 2026 / 8:01 PM EDT / CBS News

A former federal prosecutor was charged this week with emailing herself a report on the Justice Department’s investigation into President Trump that a judge had kept under lock and key.

Carmen Lineberger was indicted Tuesday on two counts of theft of government property, plus counts of concealing and removing a public record and altering a public record. She was arraigned Wednesday and pleaded not guilty.

The charges focus on a report penned by former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, whose team charged Mr. Trump with trying to overturn his 2020 election loss and allegedly mishandling classified documents. The election-related parts of the report were released in mid-January 2025, but a week later, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon blocked former Attorney General Merrick Garland “or his successor(s)” from releasing the portion on classified documents, known as “Volume II.”

A newly unsealed indictment accuses Lineberger — previously the managing assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida — of downloading a copy of Volume II last December and saving it under the file name “Bundt_Cake_Recipe.pdf.” She then allegedly emailed it from her Justice Department account to her personal account.

Lineberger was also accused of downloading portions of an internal Justice Department memorandum and emailing it to herself in September 2025. Those records were allegedly saved under the file name “Chocolate_cake_recipe.pdf.”

The indictment does not specify what, if anything, Lineberger allegedly planned to do with the documents.

Lineberger’s attorney declined to comment.

The Volume II report at the center of Tuesday’s indictment was compiled after Smith charged Mr. Trump in 2023 with retaining sensitive government documents from his first term and storing them at Mar-a-Lago. The then-former president and two employees were also charged with conspiracy to obstruct a federal investigation. Mr. Trump has long denied wrongdoing and cast the investigation — which included an FBI search of Mar-a-Lago — as politically motivated.

Cannon dismissed the indictment in 2024 on the grounds that Smith was unlawfully appointed. Then, one day after Mr. Trump was sworn in for his second term, Cannon said the Justice Department cannot release or share Smith’s report on the probe, on the grounds that it could unfairly prejudice the two Trump staffers whose criminal cases remained open.

Cannon did not prevent the Justice Department from releasing Volume I of Smith’s report, which focused on Mr. Trump’s efforts to remain in office after losing in 2020. The charges against Mr. Trump hit a roadblock in mid-2024 after the Supreme Court ruled the president has immunity for official acts, and the case was dismissed after Mr. Trump won back the presidency. Smith argued in Volume I that Mr. Trump would have been convicted if not for his return to office.

Illegal alien sentenced to 50 years for producing child pornography involving own relatives: ‘Monster’

2026-05-20T17:06:10-04:00 / Fox News

Both victims were 8 years old; the Guatemalan national also faces a child exploitation investigation in Guatemala

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FIRST ON FOX: An illegal alien living in California who used his underage niece with special needs and his nephew to produce child pornography was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison.

Angel Emilio Rodriguez-Marroquin, a Guatemalan citizen, initially pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) that featured his own niece and nephew, both 8, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said.

“This depraved illegal alien from Guatemala pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography, which included footage of him assaulting his own nephew and niece with special needs,” said Acting Assistant DHS Secretary Lauren Bis. “This monster would not have been in our country in the first place if it weren’t for the Biden Administration’s disastrous open borders that released him into our country.”

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Angel Emilio Rodriguez-Marroquin, an illegal immigrant living in California, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for producing child pornography involving his nephew and niece with special needs, both 8, authorities said.(Getty Images; Department of Homeland Security)

Rodriguez-Marroquin was arrested on Nov. 22, 2025, by federal authorities on suspicion of production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

In addition to his conviction in the U.S., he is also the subject of a child exploitation investigation in Guatemala, which is being led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

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Rodriguez-Marroquin first illegally entered the U.S. in 2024 and was released by the Biden administration, DHS said.

The Trump administration has blamed Biden immigration policies for the influx of illegal immigrants into the U.S., which led to a surge in crime.

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“In just the first months of 2026, the Trump Administration has arrested scores of depraved illegal alien killers, rapists, and violent sexual predators who were enabled, protected, and unleashed by the Radical Left’s open borders agenda — policies Democrats are desperate to restore,” the White House said in an April 10 news release highlighting some of the worst offenders.

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U.S. intel community analyzing how Cuba might respond to military action

May 20, 2026 6:14 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The U.S. intelligence community has been exploring how Cuba might respond to an American military action, CBS News has learned.

Earlier this month, as the U.S. intelligence community tracked the Universal, a sanctioned Russian-flagged oil tanker bound for Cuba, analysts at the Pentagon and Defense Intelligence Agency, the U.S. military’s intelligence arm, started to analyze what the Cuban response would be to an American attack on the Caribbean country. Work on developing military options for President Trump has begun, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. Both requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

These types of intelligence forecasts attempt not only to show the immediate consequences of an American action, but the chain of reactions that may follow. U.S. military planners frequently incorporate such analysis into developing options for a president to consider.

When asked Wednesday by reporters if there would be further escalation in Cuba following the U.S. indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, Mr. Trump replied, “No, there won’t be escalation. I don’t think there needs to be.”

The blowback assessment from the U.S. intelligence community is not clear, but it is ongoing and comes as tensions between Havana and Washington have been rising. This year, the Trump administration has issued more sanctions, targeted Cuban military and intelligence officials and expanded efforts to choke off Cuba’s fuel and shipping access.

CBS News has confirmed that Cuba has acquired attack drones — it’s not clear who provided the drones or how they were obtained.On Sunday, Axios, which first reported the news of the Cuban drones, said Havana had obtained more than 300 military drones and had discussed plans to use them to attack the U.S. military installation at Guantanamo Bay if hostilities with the U.S. erupt. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel denied Havana poses any military threat to the U.S., but warned that a U.S. assault would cause a “bloodbath.”

Last week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Cuba and met with intelligence officials and Raúl Guillermo “Raulito” Rodríguez Castro, the grandson of former leader Raúl Castro. A CIA official said that Ratcliffe told Cuban officials the Trump administration was offering “a genuine opportunity for collaboration” and a chance to stabilize Cuba’s struggling economy, while cautioning that the opportunity was contingent on Cuba severing its ties with U.S. adversaries Russia, China and Iran. Ratcliffe also said the offer would not remain open indefinitely.

In an executive order earlier this year, Mr. Trump claimed Cuba harbored Russia’s largest overseas listening post. The Biden administration also accused China of opening up spy facilities on the Communist island just 90 miles from U.S. shores.

A U.S. official told CBS News that the Ratcliffe meeting would test whether those within the Cuban regime who recognize that the country needs a new direction can win over the hardliners who believe that their ability to resist U.S. pressure over 67 years means they’ll be able to outlast Mr. Trump.

Ratcliffe’s visit followed a series of secret meetings between Cuban officials and senior State Department officials.

In April, a delegation traveled to Havana and floated offering Cuba access to Starlink, a satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

More recently, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated a U.S. offer of $100 million in humanitarian aid, to be sent to Cuba through faith-based charities that he earlier said had been stalled by Cuban government officials. A senior State Department official said Tuesday that the charge d’affaires in Cuba, Michael Hammer, had met in recent days with Cuban foreign ministry officials to deliver the terms of the U.S. proposal, which includes food, medical supplies, solar lamps and other basic goods to be distributed island-wide.

Rubio on Wednesday released a Spanish-language video directed at the Cuban people that blamed the island government for widespread fuel and food shortages across the country. He singled out GAESA, the business conglomerate run by Cuba’s military that controls most of the economy, as the main obstacle preventing cooperation with the U.S. The U.S. sanctioned GAESA earlier this month and unveiled a new swath of sanctions on Cuban military and intelligence agencies and officials on Monday.

On Friday, CBS News first reported that the U.S. was taking steps to indict Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president, in connection with the downing of two aircraft 30 years ago. On Wednesday, federal prosecutors in Florida unsealed an indictment charging Castro and five others in connection with the Cuban military action.

Meanwhile, the Universal has been sailing in circles for weeks in the Atlantic Ocean and over 1,000 miles away from Cuba. In the past, numerous ships bound for Cuba have altered course amid concerns they could be intercepted by U.S. naval forces. The United States did allow crude oil carried by the Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin to reach Cuba and provide relief to the island back in March. Earlier this week, the U.S. allowed ships carrying aid from Uruguay and Mexico to deliver supplies.

As global energy markets convulsed amid the U.S.-Israel war with Iran, Washington has approved 30-day exemptions allowing countries to continue receiving Russian oil and petroleum shipments already aboard tankers and en route.

Joanne Stocker contributed to this report.

美国总统特朗普星期三从康涅狄格州返回首都华盛顿后在机场对记者说，在伊朗正式签署协议前，他不会给予任何形式的制裁减免，并重申不会允许伊朗拥有核武器。 （法新社）

美国总统特朗普周三说，如果美国和伊朗能够达成协议，他愿意多花几天时间等伊朗给出“正确答案”。

特朗普星期三（5月20日）从康涅狄格州返回首都华盛顿后在机场对记者说，事情可能会进展得非常迅速，也可能需要几天时间，希望伊方领导人能促成一份对各方都有利的协议。“我们必须得到正确的答案——必须是百分之百完美的答案。”

他称：“如果再等几天就能避免一场战争……那我认为这是极其有意义的事。”

特朗普还说，在伊朗正式签署协议前，他不会给予任何形式的制裁减免，并重申不会允许伊朗拥有核武器。

此前一天，特朗普在社媒发文说，卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯与阿联酋领导人请求他暂缓原定周二（19日）对伊朗发动的军事打击。他称这些领导人认为，美伊正在进行的谈判将能达成一项对美国、中东乃至世界其他国家来说都可接受的协议，而这项协议将写明，伊朗不能拥有核武器。

Federal judge orders White House offices to comply with Presidential Records Act

2026-05-20T22:15:39.885Z / The Washington Post

The emergency order undermines the Trump administration’s efforts to weaken a decades-old recordkeeping law established after the Watergate scandal.

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A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday ordered White House offices to comply with the Presidential Records Act, pushing back on the Trump administration’s effort to weaken a decades-old recordkeeping law intended to preserve material related to a commander in chief’s time in office.

Acting AG insists rioter violence will be considered by new anti-weaponization fund commission

May 20, 2026 7:10 PM ET / CNN

By Paula Reid, Casey Gannon, Devan Cole
Updated May 20, 2026, 7:29 PM ET

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche defends compensation funds for administration’s allies in an interview with CNN

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made clear Wednesday that the conduct of January 6, 2021, rioters who attacked law enforcement will be factored when the soon-to-be-set-up commission reviews applications to the anti-weaponization fund.

“One of the factors the commissioners have to consider is what the claimant did — the claimant’s conduct,” Blanche told CNN’s Paula Reid in an interview Wednesday. “The claimant would have to say, ‘I assaulted a cop and I want money.’”

“Whether the commissioners will give that person money – that claimant – it’s up to them. But that’s one of the factors they have to consider,” he continued, adding that Trump “does not stand for assaulting law enforcement.”

Blanche told CNN, said he couldn’t fully rule out the possibility that someone who was violent toward officers, saying it was up to the commissioners.

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Acting Attorney General Blanche defends compensation fund for Trump allies in CNN interview.

Acting Attorney General Blanche defends compensation fund for Trump allies in CNN interview.

“So, whether the commissioners will give that person money, that claimant, it’s up to them,” he said.

The comments come as Democrats and others have raised concerns that individuals who took part in the attack on January 6 will have broad access to the massive pot of taxpayer dollars if they simply show they were prosecuted by the Justice Department in the past.

Some of those people — including ones who acted violently that day — have already been seeking millions from the government, and CNN reported earlier Wednesday that many of them were looking to submit claims to the fund whenever possible.

The comments from Blanche represent the Justice Department’s clearest explanation thus far of how the application process for the fund would work.

The fund will be run by a commission whose members are chosen by Trump’s attorney general and who can be fired by the president at any time. One of the five members will be chosen “in consultation” with Congress, though it’s unclear what the counsel will look like or how closely the attorney general will adhere to it. The members won’t be paid for their service.

Blanche said in his interview with CNN that he didn’t think “you have to be wealthy” to serve in the unpaid role and expressed optimism that he’ll find suitable people to be on the commission.

“I think that there’s a lot of professions — really smart people in professions — that can handle work like this,” he said. “They’re going to be smart people. They’re going to be people that understand the political sensitivities that you’re raising.”

“We’ve had a bunch of people apply since we announced this, but that’s something that when we’re ready to announce who the commissioners are, we will let you know,” he added.

The attorney general also attempted to dispel any concern that claimants may receive exorbitantly high payouts from the fund, saying that “This is not a ‘you’re going to get rich’ process.”

“There’s claims processes set up all the time when there’s large numbers of potential victims that that are going to be compensated,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that that all those victims get rich because there’s a claims process put up. It just means that there’s money that’s set aside.”

This story was updated with additional reporting.

Fox News Poll: As economic pain deepens, disapproval of Trump hits new high

May 20, 2026 6:00pm EDT / Fox News

Opposition to Iran war grows despite belief US is winning

By Dana Blanton, Fox News

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Voters are increasingly pessimistic about the economy and President Trump’s handling of key issues, while a majority opposes continued U.S. military involvement in Iran even as most believe the U.S. is winning the war. That’s according to a new Fox News national survey.

Affordability continues to dominate the political landscape.

Fifty-eight percent flag the cost of living as their top economic worry, up from 50% in February. This eclipses other issues, such as government spending (16%), jobs (8%) and tariffs (8%).

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More than three-quarters also say the economy is in bad shape (77%), worse than last month (73%) and a year ago (71%).Only 23% rate it positively, the lowest in more than a year.

The pessimism is personal too.A slim majority of voters (51%) say their family’s finances are worse now than two years ago.Before the 2022 midterm elections, 44% said the same.

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All that helps explain the deterioration in Trump’s ratings on the economy. A year ago, 56% of voters disapproved and last month it was 66%; now, it’s 71%. The increase since April comes from a 7-point rise in disapproval among Republicans.

Notably, approval of Trump on the economy among non-MAGA Republicans (36%) is more in line with independents (18%) than with MAGA Republicans (74%). The president’s overall approval on handling the economy stands at just 29%, down from 34% in April.

Trump gets his lowest ratings on inflation, where only 24% approve — down from 35% in January. Inflation marks a rare issue where a slim majority of Republicans (51%) disapprove of Trump. It reaches 85% among independents and 96% among Democrats.

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His job numbers are also net negative on foreign policy (38-62%). Until this month, border security was the one issue where Trump received a positive rating. Now voters are split (49-51%) on his border security performance, pushing his ratings underwater for the first time this term. That shift comes even as 45% of voters say border security is better today than two years ago, while 29% say it’s worse.

Approval of Trump’s overall job performance is 39%, down 3 points since last month and 10 points since his second term started — and only 1 point above his lowest in October 2017. A record 61% disapprove of the job he’s doing, including 48% who strongly disapprove.

Since April, approval has declined among some of his key constituencies, such as rural Whites (-6 points), White men without a degree (-5), and Republicans (-3).

Trump approval is at all-time lows among Republicans (80%), non-MAGA Republicans (54%), Whites (43%) and rural voters (43%).

“Despite consistently strong GOP support, the president’s numbers are leaking a bit,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson. “Make no mistake; it’s all about affordability. Independents jumped ship in 2025, and now non-MAGA Republicans and other core constituencies are wavering.”

Plus, in the long run, more voters think Trump’s policies will hurt the country (57%) than help it (34%). The share saying “hurt” is up 6 points since last April.Fully 88% of MAGA Republicans say his policies will help, while only 43% of non-MAGA Republicans agree.

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Meanwhile, gas prices are squeezing voter budgets: 86% call rising prices a problem, including 51% who label them a “major” problem. Concern is nearly universal for the broader economy, where 96% see gas prices as a problem and 75% call it “major.”

When assigning blame for gas prices, voters aimed heavily at domestic factors, with about 8 in 10 pointing to Trump’s policies, domestic oil companies, and government regulations. However, they overwhelmingly view the Iran war as the primary driver, with 91% saying it is responsible.

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Two-thirds think the U.S. is winning the war in Iran, yet opposition to U.S. military action increased to 60%, up from 55% last month.

Half think the war will last a year (18%) or more (33%), unchanged since March, while 6 in 10 favor a limited timeframe for U.S. involvement in Iran, including 3 in 10 war supporters and 4 in 10 Republicans.

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Almost all Republicans (89%) and two-thirds of independents believe the U.S. is winning the war, while more than half of Democrats say Iran is winning (56%).Generationally, voters under age 30 are the most likely to believe the U.S. is winning (79%), yet they are also some of the most opposed to the war (67%).

Among voters who have served in the military, 55% support the U.S. action against Iran and 72% believe the U.S. is winning the war.

Last summer, voter concern about Iran getting a nuclear bomb was at a record high 78%. Today, it’s at a record low 56%, down from 66% in March. Concern since March is down among Democrats (-13 points), independents (-11), and Republicans (-6).

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While 45% approve of Trump’s handling of the U.S.-China summit, a 54% majority disapproves.

That matches views of the negotiation’s outcome: 52% believe Chinese President Xi Jinping got more of what he wanted compared to 46% for Trump. More than a quarter of Republicans (27%) join majorities of Democrats (75%) and independents (56%) in thinking Xi won the summit, as do nearly a quarter of those who otherwise approve of Trump’s handling of the trip (24%).

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Conducted May 15-18, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,002 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (109) and cellphones (635) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.

Fox News’ Victoria Balara contributed to this report.

As head of the polling unit, Dana Blanton runs the Fox News Poll and oversees the Fox News Voter Analysis election survey.

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