She denied Mel Gibson a gun – so Trump’s DOJ pulled her – Mother Jones

When Liz Oyer Was appointed lawyer for the Pardon in 2022 by President Joe Biden, she had won her dream job. As a long -standing public defender, Oyer was able to advise the president on the back of thousands of people seeking a presidential leniency. But earlier this year, his dream work ended suddenly.

In March, Oyer was invited to make a recommendation to the Attorney General Pam Bondi to restore the female arms rights of actor Mel Gibson, who was canceled after a conviction for domestic violence in 2011. Oyer examined the case and refused. In a few hours, she says she was dismissed.

Last month, Oyer testified to his dismissal before the Congress. She not only accused the Ministry of Justice of “current corruption” and abuse of power, but also said that the administration had tried to send American marshals armed at home with a letter warning her against testimony. Oyer says that it looked like “an attempt to display the power of the Ministry of Justice” and to “scare me to tell the truth about the circumstances leading to my dismissal”.

In a press release, the deputy prosecutor Todd Blanche called Oyer allegations as an erroneous dismissal and said that his decision to express these accusations is “in direct violation of his ethical duties as a lawyer and is a shameful distraction of our critical mission to pursue violent crimes, strengthen the immigration laws of our country, and reinforce America again”.

On the episode of this week of More to historyOyer sits with the host Al Letson to discuss the details of his dismissal, the role of the lawyer for the American forgiveness and the way in which a defender and defender of the insurrectionists of January 6 took his place in the Ministry of Justice.

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