The Justice Department has reportedly been replacing career attorneys with political appointees who support President Donald ...

Some Department of Justice attorneys have recently been fired or have resigned, refusing to follow directives from the Trump ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday pressed the U.S. Justice Department to explain its decision to ...

Former Department of Justice Pardon Attorney Elizabeth Oyer, who worked at the DOJ for nearly 15 years, was abruptly fired by ...

In early April 2025, a claim spread online that actor Mel Gibson, who was recently appointed "special ambassador to Hollywood" by U.S. President Donald Trump, had his Second Amendment right to own ...

Elizabeth G. Oyer, a former pardon attorney, was fired for refusing to recommend Gibson’s gun rights restoration. Oyer stated that giving guns back to domestic abusers poses serious risks, ...

In early March, DOJ officials terminated pardon attorney Liz Oyer after she was pressured to add actor Mel Gibson, who was recently named as a special ambassador to Hollywood by Trump, to a list ...

By Steve Benen About a month ago, as Donald Trump’s Justice Department purged a remarkable number of officials without cause, the U.S. pardon attorney, Elizabeth Oyer, was allegedly terminated ...

Sean O'Driscoll is a Newsweek Senior Crime and Courts Reporter based in Ireland. His focus is reporting on U.S. law. He has covered human rights and extremism extensively. Sean joined Newsweek in ...

The Justice Department’s recently fired pardon attorney accused the leadership of the law enforcement agency of “ongoing corruption,” testifying Monday at a congressional hearing meant to ...