Actor Mel Gibson has his firearms rights back along with nine others, including a former NFL player, who petitioned the government for pardons for their decades-old crimes.

Former US Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer describes “damaging and destructive” policies happening behind the scenes at the Justice ...

Oyer, was terminated Friday after she opposed restoring actor Mel Gibson’s rights to carry a gun, her spokesperson and two Justice Department officials familiar with the matter told NBC News.

She also said a Justice Department official "essentially explained to me that Mel Gibson has a personal relationship with President Trump and that should be sufficient basis for me to make a ...

Gibson's access to guns is prohibited due to a 2011 "no contest" plea. A top official leading the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney said she was fired from her post one day after ...

A Justice Department official denied the reporting ... “They sent it back to me saying, ‘We would like you to add Mel Gibson to this memo,'”Oyer said. That included a letter from Gibson ...

Former Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Oyer has claimed her job was terminated a day after she opposed ...

Just a day before the encounter, a Justice Department pardon attorney ... called her and “essentially explained to me that Mel Gibson has a personal relationship with President Trump and that ...

Mel Gibson's Right to Own a Gun Restored by Justice Department, NYT Reports (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department will allow actor Mel Gibson to own guns again, despite his 2011 conviction on a ...

An official with the DOJ told NBC News that Elizabeth’s termination was not related to the actor. “The Mel Gibson decision did not play a role in the termination decision,” the official ...

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) The pardon attorney for the U.S. Justice Department said she was fired one day after she refused to recommend that pro-Trump Hollywood star Mel Gibson have his ...

Oyer claimed she was fired from the DOJ for refusing to recommend the actor be allowed to carry a handgun again. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Mel Gibson has reportedly had his gun rights ...