William Moschella
Controversies
Controversies
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Moschella was directly involved in making changes to the [Patriot Act](/wiki/Patriot_Act "Patriot Act") that allowed interim US Attorneys to serve indefinitely.

On March 6, 2007, Moschella testified to the [House Judiciary Committee](/wiki/House_Judiciary_Committee "House Judiciary Committee") that all the US attorneys were fired for performance\-related reasons, although he acknowledged that none of the attorneys were originally told why they had been fired. He also testified that the [White House](/wiki/White_House "White House") had no involvement in the firings of US Attorneys, testimony that was later shown to be incorrect by emails that were subsequently released.

However, the [Inspector General](/wiki/Inspector_General "Inspector General") (IG) of the [Department of Justice](/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice "United States Department of Justice"), after an exhaustive investigation, found that "Moschella did not know that his testimony . . . was inaccurate. Moschella only reiterated publicly what he had been told about these issues and what \[Deputy Attorney General] McNulty had previously told the Senate Judiciary Committee." The IG stated on page 356 of its report: "Under these circumstances, we concluded that Moschella's inaccurate testminony was not his fault and that he should not be criticized for it."*An Investigation into the Removal of Nine U.S. Attorneys in 2006*, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice, 356, (September 2008\) (<http://www.justice.gov/oig/special/s0809a/final.pdf>).


Who made a report on the removal of US Attorneys in 2006?