Fired Justice Dept. official speaks out on her ouster and Mel Gibson; The Washington Post, March 12, 2025

Perry Stein , The Washington Post; Fired Justice Dept. official speaks out on her ouster and Mel Gibson

"Oyer said her office was asked to identify suitable candidates. She sifted through people who had applied for pardons and whom her office had already vetted, then crafted a list of 95 individuals who had committed relatively nonviolent crimes at least 20 years ago and had demonstrated exemplary conduct since serving their punishments.

Justice Department leaders whittled that list down to nine people, Oyer said, and she was asked to send a memo to Bondi explaining why those people should have their gun rights restored.

“I was comfortable doing that with those cases because I had a great deal of information on those nine people and had already recommended that they were suitable candidates for a presidential pardon,” Oyer toldMSNBC.

But after Oyer drafted the memo, she was asked to add Gibson to the list of nine people. She said Gibson had not applied for a pardon or been vetted through her office and, as someone with a domestic violence conviction, she did not believe he met the criteria to have his gun rights restored.

Oyer said security escorted her from her office hours after she refused to add Gibson’s name to the list."

Ex-Ethics Chief in Ga. Wins Retaliation Lawsuit; Associated Press via ABC News, 4/4/14

Kate Brumback, Associated Press via ABC News; Ex-Ethics Chief in Ga. Wins Retaliation Lawsuit:

"Jurors awarded the former director of Georgia's ethics commission $700,000 on Friday, ruling in her favor in a lawsuit in which she said her salary was cut and a deputy removed for investigating complaints against Gov. Nathan Deal.

The jury sided with Stacey Kalberman after more than two hours of deliberations, also deciding she would receive attorney's fees and back pay.

Kalberman claimed in her suit against the commission and its current director that commissioners had slashed her salary and eliminated her deputy's post after the two sought approval to issue subpoenas as part of the agency's investigation into Deal's 2010 campaign reports and financial disclosures.

The state argued that the personnel actions were motivated by budget concerns.

Deal, a Republican bidding for another term, was later cleared of major violations in the ethics probe and agreed to pay $3,350 in administrative fees."