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The indictment doesn't say what Leinberger planned to do with the documents.
At the time, a federal judge had ordered the report sealed.
Judge Eileen Cannon has since ordered the report permanently sealed.
Leinberger served as the managing assistant U.S.
attorney in Fort Pierce, Florida.
She pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including theft of government property.
Jeffrey Clark worked to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Bar said Clark violated legal ethics and should lose his law license.
But the Justice Department is stepping in.
It filed a lawsuit in federal court this week, and it's asking the court to rule that the D.C.
bar unlawfully targeted a federal employee and violated the supremacy clause.
It's the latest escalation in the DOJ's feud with state bar associations, which are the main avenues for lawyer discipline.
DOJ leadership says state bars nationwide are being weaponized, and the agency is already working to weaken Bar Association's ability to discipline federal prosecutors.
Bar has not yet responded to this lawsuit.
The accused gunman behind Saturday's thwarted attack on the White House Correspondents' Dinner managed to run some 60 yards before being tackled by Secret Service.
Cole Allen was armed with knives and at least two guns.