Todd Blanche Fired DOJ Lawyer 2 Days After Confirmation Over Trump Friend's Gun Rights

3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 16

Two days after Todd Blanche was confirmed as deputy attorney general, Elizabeth Oyer told the Senate Judiciary Committee, he fired her for refusing to restore firearm rights.
Oyer said the request involved a convicted domestic abuser who was also a friend of President Donald Trump, and that she was pressured to approve the restoration before refusing.
Her testimony places the dismissal inside a politically sensitive dispute over whether DOJ leadership pushed career staff to reverse a gun ban tied to a domestic-violence conviction.

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When a top official fires a lawyer over one case, what does this reveal about the Justice Department's internal accountability?

How does a revived federal program decide which domestic abusers can legally own firearms again?

With thousands of years of expertise gone from the DOJ, how are complex cases involving public safety now being handled?