Elizabeth Oyer says her firing came after she opposed restoring actor and Trump supporter 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 ...

LOS ANGELES, March 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls regrets that Elizabeth Oyer is no longer the U.S. Pardon Attorney.

Elizabeth Oyer says she was fired as a Justice Department pardon attorney after refusing to restore the gun rights of Trump ...

Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor ...

A pardon attorney for the Justice Department was fired last week, and she suspects it had something to do with refusing to ...

Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Oyer tells the New York Times she was fired for failing to recommend that Mel Gibson have ...

Elizabeth Oyer told the New York Times that Gibson's case came up as part of a wider effort to restore gun rights to people who had been convicted of crimes. Felons are barred from purchasing or ...

Gibson is not legally permitted to carry guns after he pleaded no contest to battering  his former girlfriend in 2011.

Fired Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth Oyer says she was ousted after refusing to back restoring gun ownership ...