Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to testify Tuesday in the federal trial of his ex-roommate and longtime political ally, who is accused of being a hired gun for deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
Rubio’s link to the case stems from his decades-old relationship with David Rivera, a former GOP congressman from Miami who once shared a home with him in Tallahassee during their early days in Florida politics.
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A sitting member of the president’s Cabinet has not taken the stand in a criminal trial since Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan, who served under former President Ronald Reagan, testified in a mafia trial in 1983.
Prosecutors say Rivera leveraged his relationship with Rubio as part of a covert effort to create inroads for Maduro with the first Trump administration. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and a convicted Cali cartel associate allegedly aided Rivera in brokering meetings on Maduro’s behalf.
Rivera, who was
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