Fired Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth Oyer says she was ousted after refusing to back restoring gun ownership rights to the actor Mel Gibson.

Elizabeth Oyer says she was fired as a Justice Department pardon attorney after refusing to restore the gun rights of Trump ally Mel Gibson.

Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Oyer tells the New York Times she was fired for failing to recommend that Mel Gibson have his gun rights restored.

Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.

Former U.S. pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer was fired on Friday after opposing the restoration Hollywood A-lister Mel Gibson’s rights to carry a gun, her spokesperson and two Justice Department officials told NBC News. An Oyer spokesperson said that Oyer was not told why she was terminated.

The personal friend of Donald Trump got his rights stripped after being convicted of a domestic-battery misdemeanor.

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

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.

Elizabeth Oyer, a former public defender who was appointed as the Justice Department's pardon attorney in April 2022, says she was fired last Friday because she refused to sign off on a recommendation to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights.

A top official at the DOJ was fired one day after refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson's access to firearms be restored, according to a statement provided to ABC News.