It’s March, 2025. Attorney Liz Oyer sits at her desk at the Department of Justice. She’s not a cable-news face. She’s a career lawyer, a Harvard grad, and the senior official the country trusts to advise the Attorney General and the President on who deserves a pardon and who doesn’t. She’s good at her job. She does it the way it’s supposed to be done, with integrity and a spine.
She has a new boss. Two days new. His name is Todd Blanche.
A demand lands on her desk. Write a memo recommending that the Department restore the gun rights of a celebrity, a friend of the President, a man convicted of domestic violence (spoiler alert- it’s Mel Gibson). No vetting. No background check. None of the careful review every other case gets.
She reads it twice. Her stomach tightens. She looks at the rules she swore an oath to follow, and she knows exactly what they say.
And she says no.
Shortly thereafter, she’s fired.
Now let me ask you something. When a man punishes an honest person for following the law, what do you think he expects from the people who stay?
You already know the answer. You didn’t need me to spell it out.
Here’s the part that makes this land this week. Todd Blanche isn’t just some boss who fired someone. He’s been nominated to be Attorney General of the United States, the single most powerful law enforcement job in the country. And on July 15th and 16th, the Senate holds his confirmation hearing.
The man who fired the honest lawyer is up for the top job. Under oath. This week.
So Liz did the bravest thing a person can do. She refused to stay quiet. She wrote a letter, straight to the senators who hold the vote, Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin, and laid out exactly what happened to her, and exactly why they should say no. Click on the letter to read.
Here’s the way I see it, plain and simple: