A former Justice Department (DOJ) lawyer claims he was xed by the agency for refusing to restore actor Mel Gibson's gun rights.
wrap It's attracting attention Elizabeth Oyer “was one of several high-ranking DOJ officials fired on Friday,” and “her termination appears to be linked to her previous day's recommendation that Mel Gibson's gun ownership would not be restored.”
But the DOJ official spoke In New York Times Regarding the terms of anonymity of the story, released Monday, he said “disagreements towards Gibson played no role in the decision to dismiss pardon lawyers.” [Oyer]. ”
Gibson Lost His gun rights as part of the 2011 judicial agreement in a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction.
About two weeks ago, Oyer was assigned to a DOJ Working Group, tasked with restoring the firearm rights of individuals convicted of a crime. The era. The group devised 95 candidates for consideration, but did not list Gibson. After submitting the list, Oyer claimed he received an answer from the Deputy Attorney General's office saying, “I would like you to add Mel Gibson to this memo.”
Requesting Gibson be added, the firm stressed that “in a letter written by Gibson's lawyers to two senior Justice Department officials, James R. McEnley III and Emile Bove III, insisted that gun rights would be restored.” In the letter, Gibson's lawyer said “it was tapped for a special appointment by the president.”
The era He pointed out the “” in consideration of the restoration of the “within the working group” of “government lawyers.”[general agreement] That someone should not extend to convicted murderers or armed robbers for a considerable period of time after they are convicted to qualify for such relief, perhaps 10 or 15 years. ”
In this theoretical scenario, Gibson's misdemeanor belief 14 years ago would place him within the scope of repair considerations. However, Gibson's case hangs from the point of domestic violence. Federal Law Prohibited People convicted of felony and those convicted of possessing firearms on a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.
When asked to reconsider her position, Oyer continued to withhold recommendations to restore Gibson's gun rights. She was later fired and has since claimed that it was due to the position she took on the actor.
The era Oyer said: “Bringing guns back to domestic abusers is a serious issue in my opinion that it is not something that can be lightly recommended as there are actual consequences from people with history of domestic violence from people who have firearms.”
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