The Trump Justice Division summoned US Marshals to ship a letter to fired Biden-era pardon legal professional Liz Oyer to warn her about her testimony at a ‘shadow’ listening to by congressional Democrats.
President Trump’s Deputy Legal professional Common Todd Blanche fired Elizabeth Oyer final month.
Elizabeth Oyer advised The New York Occasions she was fired for refusing to revive actor Mel Gibson’s gun rights.
“Giving weapons again to home abusers is a critical matter that, in my opinion, will not be one thing that I might suggest flippantly as a result of there are actual penalties that circulation from individuals who have a historical past of home violence being in possession of firearms,” Elizabeth Oyer advised The New York Occasions.
The Justice Division tried to invoke govt privilege and warned Oyer in opposition to testifying in a shadow listening to on Monday.
Liz Oyer – who was fired as US Pardon Legal professional allegedly for rejecting instruction to assist restore Mel Gibson’s gun rights – obtained this letter from Justice Dept earlier than her look at Senate listening to
DOJ tells Oyer she will be able to’t disclose company data on gun proper restorations pic.twitter.com/M4F3J01BDt
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 7, 2025
Oyer’s Deep State lawyer Michael Bromwich (he additionally represented Andrew McCabe) blasted the Justice Division for asserting their authority.
“This extremely uncommon step of directing armed regulation enforcement officers to the house of a former Division of Justice worker who has engaged in no misconduct, not to mention legal conduct, merely to ship a letter, is each unprecedented and fully inappropriate,” Michael Bromwich wrote to the Justice Division, in response to Reuters.
Excerpt from Reuters:
The U.S. Justice Division despatched armed U.S. Marshals to ship a letter warning a fired profession pardon legal professional about testifying to congressional Democrats, her lawyer mentioned in a letter seen by Reuters on Monday.
The Marshals have been known as off on Friday solely after Oyer acknowledged having obtained the letter as soon as she had situated it in a secondary e mail that she had not been utilizing to speak with the division’s human sources officers, Bromwich wrote.
Whereas U.S. Marshals deputies are typically used to serve congressional subpoenas or defend witnesses, dispatching them to ship a letter from the Justice Division is uncommon, one former official mentioned.
A Justice Division spokesman didn’t have any rapid remark. Oyer declined to remark by means of a spokesman forward of the listening to.
Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin placed on an Oscar-worthy efficiency on Monday as he decried the Trump Administration’s determination to mobilize US Marshals to warn Oyer in opposition to testifying.
WATCH:
The Trump Admin despatched armed marshals in a mafia-style intimidation marketing campaign to silence and intimidate a witness set to testify in my highlight listening to with @SenAdamSchiff.
Right this moment, Liz Oyer appeared undaunted, standing for what is true, lawful and simply, to present her testimony. pic.twitter.com/w6twYHaC8T
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) April 8, 2025
Liz Oyer dismissed the warning from the DOJ and testified to congressional Democrats.
“I’m right here as a result of I cannot be bullied into concealing the continued corruption and the abuse of energy on the Division of Justice,” Oyer advised Democrats at a present listening to on Monday.
“The DOJ is entrusted with conserving us protected, upholding the rule of regulation and defending our civil rights.
WATCH:
NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Division despatched armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon legal professional Liz Oyer to not disclose inner DOJ data throughout her Senate testimony.
Right this moment, Oyer is talking out to sentence the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of regulation. pic.twitter.com/uVvO83lfi2
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) April 7, 2025
