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Former pardon attorney says she was fired after resisting political requests and warned by marshals
Summary
Liz Oyer, the former DOJ pardon attorney, told a bicameral hearing she was abruptly fired and later learned deputy DOJ officials sent armed marshals to her home to deliver a letter warning her not to testify; she said the office was sidelined and thousands of clemency petitions went unreviewed.
Liz Oyer, who said she served as the U.S. Department of Justice's pardon attorney, testified that she was fired suddenly and without explanation after declining a departmental request she described as inconsistent with the office's ordinary, nonpolitical role.
"When I was fired, there were over 6,000 applications pending from ordinary Americans around the country who were seeking the president's mercy and second chances through clemency," Oyer told the joint House–Senate hearing. She said she received a three‑sentence termination memo signed by "Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch" and that she was escorted out with no opportunity to say goodbye to…
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