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.

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

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.

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.

A high-ranking Justice Department pardon attorney says she was fired just a day after she noted her lack of a recommendation for Mel Gibson’s restoration of his gun rights. The official, Elizabeth G.

Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former U.S. pardon attorney, reportedly says she was fired after she opposed restoring Mel Gibson's gun rights.

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.

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.

Elizabeth G. Oyer said she was urged to advocate for Gibson because of his "personal relationship with President Trump."