The Department of Justice (DOJ) was preparing to send U.S. marshals to a former employee's home ahead of an appearance she was set to make with two high-profile Democrats over restoring actor Mel Gibson's gun rights.

Correspondence between former Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer and the Justice Department indicates the department planned to dispatch U.S. marshals to deliver a letter seeking to dissuade her from talking at the event about allegations that she was fired for recommending Gibson's gun rights be restored.

The department was set to send law enforcement to her home between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday to hand deliver her a letter pressing her not to appear at a Monday forum hosted by Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) about the Trump administration’s influence over the Justice Department.

Oyer was able to confirm receipt of the letter electronically, ending plans for its physical delivery, but an attorney for the former Justice Department lawyer called the ordering of armed agents a clear intimidation tactic.

“This highly unusual step of directing armed law enforcement officers to the........

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