After a disagreement about giving gun rights back to the actor Mel Gibson, a pardon attorney was fired. Senate Democrats are ...

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 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 ...

Pardon attorney Elizabeth Oyer said she was instructed by Justice Department officials to add Mel Gibson to a list of candidates eligible to get their gun rights restored. Reporter A Justice ...

Elizabeth Oyer's firing, according to a media report, followed her refusal to recommend that actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson regain his right to own firearms. He lost the right after being sentenced to ...

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

Domestic violence offenders are barred from owning weapons. Elizabeth Oyer, the Justice Department's former pardon attorney, was told Gibson's lawyers reached out to Trump Justice Department pick ...

Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing. By Devlin Barrett Reporting ...