President Trump Legal Team, DOJ Submit Special Master Candidates

President Trump’s legal team and the DOJ on Friday each proposed two candidates to serve as a neutral third party, a special master to review documents the FBI seized when it raided Trump’s Florida residence Mar-A-Lago last month. Besides proposing different people for the role, the two sides disagreed over the scope of duties the special master should have. In particular, they disagree on whether classified records should be excluded from the review. The Trump legal team’s proposed candidates are: Raymond J. Dearie, former chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Paul…