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Last Week Tonight ’s John Oliver tackled the report that a Justice Department official was evoke over Mel Gibson regain his gun for hire rights .
A quick account moral for a second before we plunge into what HBO’sLast Week Tonightand John Oliver have to do with all of this . Earlier this year , POtuSDonald Trumpannounced thatJon Voight , Mel Gibson , andSylvester Stallonewere going to function as his " special ambassadors " to Hollywood . As we write at the time , we could see eachof them palm their personal areas of expertise and addressing them within the entertainment industry . Voight could spearhead family - ground initiatives to ensure that Hollywood portrays tidy , caring , and loving families . We could have Gibson lead outreach towomen , legal philosophy enforcement , and the Jewish community . And Stallone could … mayhap just down up every now and then to prompt everyone that he really did win an Oscar forRocky . Two calendar month later , it seems that being a " limited ambassador " has some perk we did n’t know about – and neither did former Department of Justice excuse attorneyElizabeth G. Oyer .
Speaking withThe New York Times , Oyer claimed that she was fired after reject to move forward with a recommendation that Gibson ’s gas rights be restored . Though resistant to O.K. the move over Gibson ’s 2011 no - contest plead allot to a misdemeanour thrill of buffet his then - girlfriend , Oyer said she was told to do so because of Gibson ’s " personal kinship with President Trump . " Well , that was one of those thing that Oliver was n’t hold up to let slide by , taking on Gibson and the filmmaker ’s " questionable " family story during a section . " It is frankly incredible she got fired because she did n’t think Mel Gibson , well know for his work in screaming , should have accelerator , " theLast Week Tonighthost noted during a segment of his awarding - winning later - nighttime show . " If you ’ve forget the specific of his various scandals , I commend you check out his Wikipedia Sir Frederick Handley Page . "
From there , Oliver go directly at Gibson by noting the filmmaker ’s father ’s shady backstory – noting that a shitty orchard apple tree does n’t fall far from a rotten tree . " I recommend you check out his Wikipedia Thomas Nelson Page , and while you ’re there , arrest out his dad ’s . Because the opening paragraph alone is spectacular . ' Hutton Peter Gibson was an American conspiracy theoretician , holocaust denier , author on sedevacantism ' — which is a belief that there has n’t been a valid pope since 1958 — ' a World War II veteran , the Jeopardy ! wondrous champion for 1968 and the Father-God of 11 children , one of whom is the actor and director Mel Gibson , " Oliver said . " That is a fascinating gentleman’s gentleman ! Imagine having so many terrible views that create Mel Gibson is not the bad thing about you . "
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