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A former Department of Justice employee says that a dispute over Mel Gibson and lethal weapons led to her firing. Oyer and representatives for the Justice Department didn't immediately respond to ...

Elizabeth G. Oyer says she was fired from the Justice Department after failing to grant a favor to the Trump-supporting celebrity, who was named a "special ambassador" to Hollywood Meredith Kile ...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – FEBRUARY 06: Actor/filmmaker Mel Gibson attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 6, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

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 ...

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Despite being an acting special ambassador to Hollywood, Mel Gibson, the actor and Oscar-winning director who pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battering his ex-girlfriend in 2011 ...

Gibson's access to guns is prohibited due to a 2011 "no contest" plea. A top official leading the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney said she was fired from her post one day after ...

The former U.S. pardon attorney, Elizabeth G. Oyer, was terminated Friday after she opposed restoring actor Mel Gibson’s rights to carry a gun, her spokesperson and two Justice Department ...

A high-ranking Justice Department pardon attorney says she was fired just a day after she noted her lack of a recommendation for Mel Gibson‘s restoration of his gun rights. The official ...

A senior Justice Department official claims she was fired after she refused a Trump administration request to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights when he was appointed ambassador to Hollywood.

Former Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer says she was fired one day after she refused to recommend that actor Mel Gibson have his gun rights restored, according to the New York ...