Ex-DOJ Lawyer Sues After Being Fired Over Trumpy Actor’s Gun Rights

Amanda Edwards / Getty Images A former Justice Department official is suing the government after she was allegedly fired for refusing to restore gun rights to Trumpy actor and convicted domestic abuser Mel Gibson as a political favor to the president. Elizabeth Oyer, a longtime government lawyer, had been working as a pardon attorney for about three years when she was assigned in early 2025 to help identify people convicted of crimes whose gun rights the DOJ should consider restoring,…