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Marco Rubio once called Trump "dangerous." Now he's the Mar-a-Lago judge's benefactor and biggest defender.

[comparing](https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/08/08/how-floridas-politicians-are-reacting-to-fbis-search-of-mar-a-lago/) it to events in "third world Marxist dictatorships." Rubio expressed a much different attitude toward Trump when both were 2016 GOP presidential candidates, warning voters that Trump was "reckless and dangerous." Rubio strongly supported the FBI's 2016 investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state. Rubio has also emphasized the bipartisan support Cannon received leading up to her nomination and confirmation vote. Cannon is a federal district judge appointed by Trump, and Rubio may be eager for the former president's support in his unexpectedlu tight re-election race against Rep. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., appears to be a major booster of Judge Aileen Cannon, who recently made the controversial ruling granting former Donald Trump's request for an independent review of the documents seized by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago.

The two sides will “advise the Court about their respective positions on the other party's proposed candidates” on Monday.

While Judge Cannon [blocked the Justice Department](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/trump-appointed-judge-grants-special-master-request) from continuing its investigation into the documents seized on August 8 until the special master completes their review, she is allowing the Office of the Director of Intelligence to continue its examination of the classified material. The matter of which side will pay for the special master has also not been settled. The timeline for the review process is also uncertain. Griffith—a retired appeals judge for the District of Columbia Circuit and former [chief legal officer of the Senate](https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/thomas-griffith/). The Justice Department doesn’t want the special master to review classified documents, whereas Trump’s team wants such material to be included. Jones—a retired judge who served as [special master](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/prosecutors-propose-ex-federal-judge-to-review-giulianis-mobile-devices-computers-for-privilege-issues/2021/06/03/c889d180-c4d6-11eb-9a8d-f95d7724967c_story.html) in an investigation of former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani—and Thomas B. The filing also details the disagreements between the DOJ and Trump’s lawyers. He is a beloved judge in the EDNY—absolute integrity and fairness.” [Monday](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/trump-appointed-judge-grants-special-master-request) by Judge Aileen Cannon, who [Trump appointed in 2020](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/09/who-is-judge-aileen-cannon/), after a lengthy back-and-forth. [consider executive privilege](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/09/trump-special-master-list/) during the review. [court filing](https://docs-cdn-prod.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/publish_document/33d031a7-e1ca-4dbb-989f-3d2434b33c61/published/33d031a7-e1ca-4dbb-989f-3d2434b33c61.pdf) released Friday, each team put forth two candidates for special master. [former chief judge](https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/content/judge-raymond-j-dearie) of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York and a former judge of the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court](https://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2012/07/fisc_dearie/)—and Paul Huck Jr.—the [former deputy attorney general](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-master-candidates-submitted-trump-justice-department-documents-case-mar-a-lago-search/) for the state of Florida and [former general counsel](https://fedsoc.org/contributors/paul-huck) to Florida’s governor.

Former President Donald Trump and the Justice Department have submitted names of preferred special master candidates and expressed disagreement about the ...

[CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products) [JUDGE DISMISSES TRUMP LAWSUIT AGAINST CLINTON, DNC, OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN RUSSIA PROBE](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-against-clinton-dnc-officials-involved-in-russia-probe) Attorney General Merrick Garland said he personally approved the search of Trump's home. It is unclear, at this point, if the records include communications between the former president and his private attorneys, [TRUMP SAYS SPENDING TIME WITH QUEEN ELIZABETH II WAS AN 'EXTRAORDINARY' HONOR](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-spending-time-queen-elizabeth-ii-extraordinary-honor) The Justice Department submitted the names of two retired judges on Friday.

Trump and DOJ each proposed two candidates for the position after Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling.

[Ted Cruz: Republicans are "lying" or "idiotic" if they dismiss Trump for 2024](/2022/09/10/ted-cruz-gop-donald-trump-2024-presidential-race) [Judge throws out Trump's lawsuit against Hillary Clinton](/2022/09/09/judge-dismisses-trump-lawsuit-clinton-2016) Driving the news: Cruz is a potential Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential race but has held off on making any official announcement. District Court for the Southern District of Florida [NPR.](https://www.npr.org/2022/09/09/1122188012/justice-dept-and-trump-lawyers-dispute-how-the-mar-a-lago-special-master-should-) [wrote](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157.267.0.pdf). [New York Times.](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/us/doj-trump-special-master-mar-a-lago.html) [DOJ and Trump's legal team submit special master proposals](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/doj-trump-mar-a-lago-special-master-review) [Eastern District of New York](https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/content/judge-raymond-j-dearie), per [NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/09/us/doj-trump-special-master-mar-a-lago.html). [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.](https://www.axios.com/2018/02/02/what-is-fisa-and-how-does-it-work-nunes-page) [the Washington Post reports.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/09/trump-special-master-list/) [former President Trump](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/doj-trump-mar-a-lago-special-master-review) and the [Department of Justice](https://www.axios.com/2022/09/10/doj-trump-mar-a-lago-special-master-review) proposed four individuals who could serve as the [special master](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/20/donald-trump-fourth-amendment-motion) in the review of the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago by the FBI in August.

Former President Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) have submitted a total of four candidates to be potentially appointed as special master in charge of ...

Griffith was also the general counsel to Brigham Young University in Utah for five years. He advised Senate leadership and committees on investigations in the role. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2005 to 2020. Griffith, the DOJ’s other candidate, served as a federal judge on the U.S. He serves as special counsel for the law firm Hutton Andrews Kurth LLP. Huck served as deputy attorney general in Florida for four years and then served as general counsel to Gov. Dearie was nominated to the seat and confirmed by the Senate in 1986 by then-President Reagan. district judge for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), as one of his picks. Charlie Crist, a Republican at the time who has since joined the Democratic Party, from 2007 to 2008. Dearie assumed senior status on the court in 2011, moving to a form of semi-retirement that allows judges older than 65 to take a lighter caseload. One of the DOJ’s picks is Barbara S. Dearie also served as a U.S.