- The Justice Department and former President Donald Trump's lawyers face a Friday midnight deadline for submitting proposals for how the special master review of the documents seized at Mar-a-Lago -- including classified documents -- should work.
With the Friday submission, the Justice Department and the Trump team will also be addressing questions about the review's logistics that are wonky, but stand to carry significance over how quickly the review will move and how much it will hinder the criminal investigation into the handling of documents from Trump's White House.
Government’s Proposed Candidates
The Honorable Barbara S. Jones (ret.) – retired judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, partner in Bracewell LLP, and special master in In re: in the Matter of Search Warrants Executed on April 28, 2021 and In the Matter of Search Warrants Executed on April 9, 2018.
The Honorable Thomas B. Griffith (ret.) – retired Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, special counsel in Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School.
Plaintiff’s Proposed Candidates
The Honorable Raymond J. Dearie (ret.) – former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, formerly the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Paul Huck, Jr.—founder, The Huck Law Firm, former Jones Day partner, former General Counsel to the Governor, former Deputy Attorney General for the State of Florida.
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Barbara Sue Jones
Born: 1947 (age 75 years), Inglewood, California, United States
Education: Temple University, Mount St. Mary's University, Beasley School of Law, Mount Saint Mary's University Los Angeles
Appointed by: Bill Clinton
Thomas Beall Griffith
Born: July 5, 1954 (age 68 years), Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Education: Brigham Young University, University of Virginia, University of Virginia School of Law
Appointed by: George W. Bush
Raymond J. Dearie
Born: June 4, 1944 (age 78), Rockville Centre, New York
Education: Fairfield University (B.A.), St. Johns University School of Law (J.D.)
* Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan
Paul Huck, Jr.
Born: July 22, 1940 (age 82), Covington, Kentucky
Education: University of Florida (BA), Fredric G. Levin College of Law (JD)
Appointed by: Bill Clinton