Former lawyer sues DOJ claiming she was fired for refusing to recommend Mel Gibson get his gun rights back
- pardon attorney has sued the Justice Department, alleging she was wrongly fired last year in the face of pressure from the Trump administration after she refused to recommend that actor Mel Gibson have his gun rights reinstated.
- “This case is about much more than what happened to me,” Liz Oyer, who served as pardon attorney between 2022 and March 2025, said in a Thursday statement.
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- pardon attorney has sued the Justice Department, alleging she was wrongly fired last year in the face of pressure from the Trump administration after she refused to recommend that actor Mel Gibson have his gun rights reinstated.
- “This case is about much more than what happened to me,” Liz Oyer, who served as pardon attorney between 2022 and March 2025, said in a Thursday statement.
Sources: The Independent