Trump to meet Darline Graham at the White House today – US politics live

Speaking in front of senators on the judiciary committee today, Liz Oyer blasted Todd Blanche’s Wednesday testimony.

“I declined to rubber stamp a political favor for a friend of the president, and it cost me my job,” the former US pardon attorney told lawmakers about her firing after she refused to recommend restoring the firearm rights to actor and Trump-ally Mel Gibson , who was previously convicted of domestic violence.

Trump’s nominee to lead the justice department said that Oyer’s reccommendation last year did not lead to her termination. “The decisions that she had made as pardon attorney in the weeks and months leading up to the end of President Biden’s term were completely inconsistent with President Trump’s authority,” Blanche insisted.

Today, Oyer said that the acting attorney general’s comments were “provably false”.

“His claim that it had nothing to do with the concerns I raised is contradicted by documents and evidence,” she added.

Oyer urged senators to not “degrade our justice system further” by promoting Blanche.

“To the American public, it looks like Mr Blanche is running the DoJ as Donald Trump’s personal law firm,” she said. “He is using law enforcement powers to pursue petty grudges harbored by the president. These pointless vendettas are wasting our scarce resources and destroying DoJ’s credibility.”