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.
Liz Oyer, the pardon attorney at the DOJ, said through a spokesperson that she was not told why she was fired, but her termination came after she was pressured to add the actor to a list of those recommended for restoration of gun rights.
Oyer was among those placed on a new working group established at DOJ to weigh the return of gun rights to those barred from doing so after a criminal conviction.
She said in an interview with The New York Times that Justice Department leadership cited Gibson’s close relationship with President Trump in asking for his gun rights to be restored.
Gibson lost his gun rights in connection with a 2011 conviction on misdemeanor domestic violence charges.
A Justice Department official denied the reporting, saying the disagreement over Gibson played no role in the dismissal.
On Friday morning, Oyer said she submitted a memo saying she knew little of Gibson’s case and that the decision should rest with the attorney general, adding that security officers delivered the letter firing her hours later.
Posted by John3262005
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I’m glad this government is concerned with the real issues, like wife beating anti semites having their precious guns back.
Hot take: It’s bad for Nazis to have guns