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"The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was dismissed a day after she refused
to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President
Trump’s, should have his gun rights restored, according to the attorney and
others familiar with the situation.
Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, described the sequence of events
as an alarming departure from longstanding practice, one that put public safety
and the department’s integrity at risk. Mr. Gibson had lost his gun rights as a
result of a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.
“This is dangerous. This isn’t political — this is a safety issue,” Ms. Oyer
said in an interview with
The New York Times as she described the internal
discussions about whether to give gun rights back to people with domestic
violence convictions.
Ms. Oyer’s account of a series of Justice Department discussions about guns,
domestic violence and star power was confirmed by two other people familiar
with the events, speaking on the condition of anonymity because they feared
retaliation.
She was one of a number of high-ranking Justice Department officials who were
fired on Friday, the latest in a series of moves by the Trump administration to
remove or demote senior career lawyers who play critical roles in department
decisions. She was not told why she was dismissed, but as events unfolded, she
feared that they might lead to her firing."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
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