WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday fired the head of the U.S. Justice Department office that handles presidential pardon requests, the official said in a social media post.
Liz Oyer served as pardon attorney since 2022, a career Justice Department position. Oyer was fired “effective immediately,” according to a memo she shared on LinkedIn, which cited Trump’s executive authority under the U.S. Constitution.
(Reporting by Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch; Editing by Chris Reese)