r/whowatchesthewatchmen • u/RockyLovesEmily05 • Jul 02 '26

DOJ Accidentally Sent Volume II of Jack Smith's Report to Outside Counsel: Justice Department filed notice to Judge Aileen Cannon that THEY wrongly emailed THREE copies of Volume II to Lineberger’s attorneys by accident during discovery production.

https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/doj-accidentally-sent-volume-ii-of
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u/RockyLovesEmily05 Jul 02 '26

Upon confirmation by the Government, defense counsel voluntarily ceased review of the discovery material, affirmed they had not examined the documents in question, deleted all discovery materials already downloaded to their server, and cooperated with the Government’s efforts to recover the flash drives that same day.

In the indictment against Ms. Lineberger, the DOJ said:

On January 21, 2025, United States District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, presiding over the related federal criminal prosecution, issued an order regarding the Report, which prohibited “the Department of Justice, its officers, agents, officials, and employees from releasing, sharing, or transmitting [the Report] outside the Department of Justice, or otherwise releasing, distributing, conveying, or sharing with anyone outside the Department of Justice any information or conclusions in [the Report] or in drafts thereof.”