'Unchecked bullying:' DOJ lawyer fired over Mel Gibson flap warns of 'dangerous' admin act
A former Department of Justice lawyer shamed deputy attorney general Todd Blanche for attempting to "bully" after pushing her out for refusing to restore actor Mel Gibson's gun rights. The Donald Trump-supporting movie star lost his gun rights after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction,
Trump’s Lawyers Fired Me After I Refused to Let Mel Gibson Have Guns
After the president’s personal lawyers took over the Justice Department, they fired Liz Oyer. She writes about how Trump’s DOJ is silencing dissent
Former DOJ Attorney: I Was Fired After Refusing To Restore Mel Gibson's Gun Rights
Former DOJ pardon attorney Liz Oyer says she was fired after she refused to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights. Oyer says the request came from an official working at the Department of Justice but declined to identify the person who made the request.
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DOJ Official Fired After Refusing Order on Trump Ally Mel Gibson
A Justice Department official says she was fired for not letting convicted domestic abuser Mel Gibson have a gun, according to The New York Times.
DOJ official says she was dismissed after not recommending Mel Gibson’s gun rights be restored
The head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) office that makes pardon recommendations to the president said she was fired after refusing to sign off on a recommendation to restore gun rights to actor Mel Gibson.
Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.
DoJ Lawyer Says She Was Fired After She Opposed Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Liz Oyer was part of a DoJ committee reviewing applications to restore gun rights filed by people who lost them after being convicted of a relevant crime. Speaking to the New York Times, Oyer said she recommended that Gibson’s request be denied due to uncertainty about his conviction, insisting it was about “safety” and not Gibson’s politics.
DOJ official fired for refusing to give Mel Gibson gun rights back reacts to Trump's speech
Fired DOJ Official Elizabeth Oyer joins Nicolle Wallace to react to President Donald Trump's speech at the Department of Justice and tells the story of her firing after she refused to return gun rights' to actor Mel Gibson who pleaded "no contest" to misdemeanor battery of his former girlfriend.
'This should scare you': Trump attacks political enemies in DOJ speech
Fired former Department of Justice Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer, NBC News White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard, former top ...
Who Is Liz Oyer And Why Donald Trump Fired The US Pardon Attorney
President Donald Trump's administration fired the head of the U.S. Justice Department office responsible for handling ...
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Fired Justice Dept. official speaks about her ouster and Mel Gibson
Liz Oyer says she was fired as the pardon attorney at the Justice Department within hours of saying she couldn’t add Mel Gibson to a list of individuals she recommended should have their gun ...
America’s slow roll toward thugocracy
What we have in the U.S. right now is a burgeoning thugocracy. Mr. Trump’s Attorney-General, Pam Bondi, serves him first, and ...