By Shaila Dewan The actor Mel Gibson’s years-old misdemeanor conviction ... said in a speech objecting to Republican attempts to hold up the measure. “It is pretty simple.” ...

Then, in 2000, he portrayed Benjamin Martin in "The Patriot," forced to join the American Revolution against the British ...

Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former U.S. pardon attorney for the Department of Justice, says she has been fired after she opposed restoring actor Mel Gibson's right to carry a gun, according to reports.

By Abid Rahman International Editor, Digital A pardon attorney at the Justice Department claims she was fired after refusing to restore Mel Gibson‘s gun rights. In an interview with the Times ...

Gibson's access to guns is prohibited due to a 2011 "no contest" plea. A top official leading the Justice Department's Office of the Pardon Attorney said she was fired from her post one day after ...

By Devlin Barrett Reporting from Washington The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was dismissed a day after she refused to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of ...