All articles tagged with #theft of government property
A former federal prosecutor, Carmen Lineberger, was indicted on four counts for allegedly saving the sealed volume of Jack Smith’s report on Trump’s classified-documents case and emailing it to her personal Gmail account; she appeared in court and was released on bond. The indictment cites removal and alteration of public records, and it references prior court orders restricting release of Volume II of Smith’s report.
A former congressional staffer from Glen Burnie, Christopher Southerland, 43, was federally indicted for theft of government property after allegedly ordering 240 cellphones for the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and selling at least 200 at a pawn shop from January–March 2023; investigators traced the scheme when a pawned phone connected to the House Technology Service Desk, revealing unaccounted devices. The indictment was unsealed in October; his attorney did not comment.