Last week tonight Host John Oliver took a whip at Mel Gibson after a justice lawyer suggested that the actor is the reason why she was fired.
DOJ Against Elizabeth G Oyer, was asked two weeks ago to join a working group who has reviewed matters of individuals with convictions in the past who would be eligible to restore their gun rights.
After limiting the candidates to nine people with old convictions and a low risk of repetition, Oyer said that officials of the senior Justice Department asked her to add Gibson to the list, despite his 2011 fault for the felony of domestic violence.
In a column for Rolling stoneOyer wrote: ‘No one told me why I was fired. But the notice was delivered for hours after I refused to reinstate the gun rights of a famous friend of the president, actor Mel Gibson, who has a history of violence against women. ‘
Oyer also told CNN: “When I got to work on Friday morning, I told a colleague, I really think that Mel Gibson can be my downfall, and within hours of saying that, I am escorted out of my office”
Talking on Monday’s episode of Last week tonight (March 17) Oliver said: ‘Wow, it is honestly incredible. She fired because she did not think that Mel Gibson, especially known for his work in screaming, should have guns. ‘
Oliver then told his viewers to visit Gibson’s Wikipedia page and the various scandals around the Brave heart actor. He also encouraged fans to look for the Wikipedia page of Gibson’s father, who called the comedian “spectacular”.
“Hutton Peter Gibson was an American conspiracy theorist, Holocaust Denier, author on Medevacantism – which is a belief that there has been no valid pope since 1958 – a veteran in World War II, the Jeopardy! Grand champion for 1968, and the father of 11 children, one of whom is the actor and director Mel Gibson, ”Oliver said with the Wikipedia profile.
“It’s a fascinating man,” Oliver added. “And imagine that you have so many terrible views that the production of Mel Gibson is not the worst thing with you.”
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Talk to the New York TimesOyer said: ‘Giving back rifles to domestic abusers is a serious matter that in my opinion is not something I can lightly recommend, because there are real consequences that flow of people who have a history of domestic violence in possession of firearms.
‘He [a senior official] Then I essentially explained that Mel Gibson has a personal relationship with President Trump and that it must be a sufficient basis for me to make a recommendation and that I would be wise to make the recommendation. ‘
Gibson was named one of Trump’s special envoys to Hollywood, along with Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone in an effort to make the American film industry ‘bigger, better and stronger than ever before!’
