A former state investigator accused of leaking confidential information about the Virginia Parole Board acknowledged she was “ultimately responsible” for the material making its way to the news media last year, according to an employment-dispute ruling that upheld the investigator’s firing despite her efforts to seek whistleblower protection.
After she was fired in March of 2021, former investigator Jennifer Moschetti protested through the state’s employee grievance process, according to a new documents filed as part the wrongful termination lawsuit she filed against the Office of the Inspector General, her former employer, and two officials from former Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration. The grievance proceeding didn’t go her way, but she’s continuing to challenge her ouster in both state and federal court.
Though Moschetti contends she was retaliated against for disclosing information that otherwise would have remained hidden from the public, her firing was upheld last year by a hearing officer appointed by the Supreme Court of Virginia, a decision the defendants’ attorneys are spotlighting to argue her lawsuit should be dismissed.
“Moschetti conceded, under oath, that she sent confidential information to her personal email address on numerous occasions, which included, among other things: mental health information of various incarcerated offenders, identifying information of crime victims, witnesses to crimes and other individuals involved in board matters,” the...
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