US EditionJustice Department seeks to restrict testimony of fired pardon attorney
- The Justice Department is using executive privilege to limit testimony from Liz Oyer, the fired pardon attorney, about her departure circumstances.
- Liz Oyer was dismissed after declining to recommend restoring gun rights to actor Mel Gibson.
- Deputy U.S. Marshals were sent to Oyer's home to deliver a letter restricting her testimony, which her lawyer termed a "deplorable incident."
- This act of sending armed officers to a former employee's home to deliver a letter was described as "unprecedented and completely inappropriate" by her lawyer.
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DOJ Is “Not a Personal Favor Bank for the President”: Fired Employee Speaks Out Despite Intimidation
A fired Justice Department lawyer is accusing her former employer of intimidation tactics after the department planned to send armed U.S. marshals to deliver a letter warning her against testifying to Congress about what she’s called the “ongoing corruption” of the Trump administration. Liz Oyer told lawmakers Monday the marshals ultimately called off their plans to visit her home after she confirmed also receiving the warning letter via email. …
Ohio Capital Journal
Trump Jan. 6 pardons demoralized cops across the nation, U.S. Capitol Police chief says
Pro-Trump protesters gather on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brent Stirton/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police chief testified Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, had negative repercussions on morale within the department and for police across the country. “I think there was an impact, not only to the Capitol Police, but an impact nat…
The Press of Atlantic City
DOJ plots strategy to keep attorney quiet
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is trying to use executive privilege to prevent its fired pardon attorney from telling Congress about the circumstances of her departure, and dispatched armed deputy U.S. marshals to her home to deliver restrictions on her…
Trump DOJ Summons US Marshals to Warn Fired Biden-Era Pardon Attorney Over Testifying at 'Shadow' Hearing by Congressional Democrats - She Testifies Anyway
Elizabeth Oyer The Trump Justice Department summoned US Marshals to deliver a letter to fired Biden-era pardon attorney Liz Oyer to warn her about her testimony at a ‘shadow’ hearing by congressional Democrats. President Trump’s Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche fired Elizabeth Oyer last month. Elizabeth Oyer told The New York Times she was fired for refusing to restore actor Mel Gibson’s gun rights. “Giving guns back to domestic abusers is a…
A whistleblower says Trump sent the US Marshals to try to “intimidate” her
A whistleblower who testified in Congress today is accusing the Trump administration of trying to “intimidate” her with help from the US Marshals Service, the law enforcement agency of the federal judiciary. Liz Oyer, the former US pardon attorney who was fired last month, says Justice Department leaders dispatched two special deputy marshals to her house on Friday night—days before she was scheduled to speak with lawmakers about her concerns wi…
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