1 00:00:29,476 --> 00:00:32,112 Welcome to "Last Week Tonight"! 2 00:00:32,312 --> 00:00:36,449 I'm John Oliver, thank you for joining us. It has been a busy week. 3 00:00:36,549 --> 00:00:38,051 Chuck Schumer and 10 Democrats 4 00:00:38,218 --> 00:00:40,019 caved on a resolution to fund the federal government, 5 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:41,988 Dr. Oz had his confirmation hearing 6 00:00:42,055 --> 00:00:45,058 and the White House essentially staged a Tesla promotional event, 7 00:00:45,191 --> 00:00:47,627 complete with Trump carrying around handwritten notes 8 00:00:47,727 --> 00:00:50,964 about pricing like a car salesman on his first day. 9 00:00:51,664 --> 00:00:54,634 Meanwhile, federal workers continued to be fired for no clear reason. 10 00:00:54,834 --> 00:00:56,336 Though, in the case of one pardon attorney, 11 00:00:56,436 --> 00:00:58,771 there seemed to be a pretty specific one. 12 00:00:59,172 --> 00:01:02,542 Tonight, Liz Oyer says she lost her job because she refused 13 00:01:02,609 --> 00:01:06,513 to recommend that Mel Gibson be allowed to buy a gun again. 14 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:10,350 The actor and a backer of the president's lost that gun right 15 00:01:10,450 --> 00:01:14,988 after he pleaded no contest to a domestic violence charge in 2011. 16 00:01:15,355 --> 00:01:18,024 When I came into work on Friday morning, I said to a colleague, 17 00:01:18,391 --> 00:01:21,861 "I really think that Mel Gibson might be my downfall." 18 00:01:22,428 --> 00:01:27,433 And within hours of saying that, I was being escorted out of my office. 19 00:01:28,434 --> 00:01:32,305 It is frankly incredible she got fired because she didn't think Mel Gibson, 20 00:01:32,472 --> 00:01:36,042 best known for his work in screaming, should have guns. 21 00:01:36,142 --> 00:01:38,645 If you've forgotten the specifics of his various scandals, 22 00:01:38,778 --> 00:01:40,613 I recommend you check out his Wikipedia page, 23 00:01:40,713 --> 00:01:42,549 and while you're there, check out his dad's, 24 00:01:42,615 --> 00:01:45,485 because the opening paragraph alone is spectacular. 25 00:01:45,752 --> 00:01:49,556 Hutton Peter Gibson was an American conspiracy theorist, Holocaust denier, 26 00:01:49,689 --> 00:01:51,925 writer on sedevacantism, which is a belief 27 00:01:52,025 --> 00:01:54,761 that there hasn't been a valid pope since 1958, 28 00:01:55,028 --> 00:01:59,365 a World War II veteran, 'Jeopardy!' grand champion for 1968 29 00:01:59,632 --> 00:02:01,134 and the father of 11 children, 30 00:02:01,201 --> 00:02:03,603 one of whom is the actor and director Mel Gibson. 31 00:02:03,803 --> 00:02:08,107 That is a fascinating man. And imagine having so many terrible views 32 00:02:08,208 --> 00:02:12,245 that producing Mel Gibson is not the worst thing about you. 33 00:02:13,379 --> 00:02:15,148 But we're gonna focus on another bold move 34 00:02:15,248 --> 00:02:16,783 the Trump administration made this week. 35 00:02:17,317 --> 00:02:20,553 Tonight, anger spilling onto New York City sidewalks 36 00:02:20,853 --> 00:02:24,123 after federal immigration agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, 37 00:02:24,357 --> 00:02:27,794 who his lawyer says is a legal permanent resident with a green card. 38 00:02:28,194 --> 00:02:31,130 Khalil recently finished a master's at Columbia and helped 39 00:02:31,197 --> 00:02:33,666 lead pro-Palestinian protests on campus. 40 00:02:34,100 --> 00:02:37,804 His lawyer adding he was detained on Saturday in front of his wife, 41 00:02:38,037 --> 00:02:40,807 a U.S. citizen who is eight months pregnant. 42 00:02:40,873 --> 00:02:41,975 President Trump has vowed 43 00:02:42,075 --> 00:02:45,111 to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses. 44 00:02:45,411 --> 00:02:49,549 Today he called Khalil's detainment "the first arrest of many to come." 45 00:02:50,049 --> 00:02:51,451 Okay, so there's a lot there. 46 00:02:51,584 --> 00:02:54,954 First, Trump wanting to crack
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