DOJ Official Ousted After Refusing To Recommend Mel Gibson's Gun Rights Be Restored [View all]

Source: Mediaite

The pardon attorney for the Department of Justice was dismissed one day after she refused to recommend gun rights be restored to Mel Gibson after he pleaded guilty to a domestic violence charge.

In an interview with The New York Times published on Monday, Elizabeth Oyer said she was not given a reason for her termination, but that it came on the heels of her decision regarding the actor, who pleaded guilty in 2011 to misdemeanor battery of his ex-girlfriend.

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“They sent it back to me saying, ‘We would like you to add Mel Gibson to this memo,’” she stated. A letter from Gibson’s lawyer seeking the restoration of the actor’s gun rights was attached. Oyer refused, and soon received a phone call from an official in Blanche’s office.

“He then essentially explained to me that Mel Gibson has a personal relationship with President Trump and that should be sufficient basis for me to make a recommendation and that I would be wise to make the recommendation,” she said. The next day, Oyer showed up at work and received a letter informing her of her termination.

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