SANTA ANA, Calif. – Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the use of custodial informants, an investigation which the federal government launched in 2016 under then-District Attorney Tony Rackauckas.
Upon being sworn in as the Orange County District Attorney in January 2019, Todd Spitzer immediately implemented significant and meaningful reforms to safeguard the criminal justice system and to protect against the errors of the prior administration.
In October of 2022, the DOJ released its report documenting findings from their investigation into the use of custodial informants by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office between 2007 and 2016…