Fired Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth Oyer says she was ousted after refusing to back restoring gun ownership ...

A Justice Department official says she was fired for not letting convicted domestic abuser Mel Gibson have a gun, according ...

The head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) office that makes pardon recommendations to the president said she was fired ...

The pardon attorney for the Department of Justice was dismissed one day after she refused to recommend gun rights be restored ...

DOJ attorney Liz Oyer says she was fired after refusing to restore Mel Gibson's gun rights. According to the New York Times, Gibson tried to buy a gun but was denied due to his past criminal offense.

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.